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Genre/Form: | Historical fiction Detective and mystery fiction Fiction Mystery fiction |
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Named Person: | Edgar Allan Poe; Charles Dickens; Charles Dickens; Edgar Allan Poe; Edgar Allan Poe; Charles Dickens |
Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Gray |
ISBN: | 9780312374716 0312374712 |
OCLC Number: | 144598215 |
Description: | 295 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | John MacLachlan Gray. |
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Abstract:
The first-person narrative of Baltimore doctor William Chivers, a childhood friend of Poe, alternates with the third-person account of Irish rabble-rouser Finn Devlin. Dr. Chivers, who attends the famous author after his collapse in 1849 that in real life led to his demise, agrees to help Poe evade his enemies by colluding in a scheme to fake his death. The plot thickens after Devlin slaughters Charles Dickens's U.S. publisher in a manner reminiscent of one of Poe's tales and later kidnaps Dickens, who's on tour in America. Poe fans may find his prolonged absence from the action not compensated for by the extended portrayal of the tormented Chivers.
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