Louis Bayard 
Pale Blue Eye [EPUB ebook] 
A Novel

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Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, and Gillian Anderson Shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction. New York Times Book Review An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poefrom the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet’s body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man’s heart. Augustus Landorwho acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detectiveis called in to discreetly investigate. It’s a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected allya moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. The strange and haunted Southern poet, for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection, is named Edgar Allan Poe.

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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 448 ● ISBN 9780061748912 ● 出版者 HarperCollins ● 发布时间 2009 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5636726 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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