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Author: John Gray
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Mystery fiction
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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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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