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| Original Title: | Смерть Ахиллеса |
| ISBN: | 0812968808 (ISBN13: 9780812968804) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Erast Fandorin Mysteries #4, תיבת פנדורין #4 |
Boris Akunin
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.1 | 4682 Users | 186 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries #4) |
| Author | : | Boris Akunin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | April 18th 2006 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime. Detective |
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In 1882, after six years of foreign travel and adventure, renowned diplomat and detective Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow in the heart of Mother Russia. His Moscow homecoming is anything but peaceful. In the hotel where he and his loyal if impertinent manservant Masa are staying, Fandorin’s old war-hero friend General Michel Sobolev (“Achilles” to the crowd) has been found dead, felled in his armchair by an apparent heart attack. But Fandorin suspects an unnatural cause. His suspicions lead him to the boudoir of the beautiful singer–“not exactly a courtesan”–known as Wanda. Apparently, in Wanda’s bed, the general secretly breathed his last. . . .Rating Regarding Books The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries #4)
Ratings: 4.1 From 4682 Users | 186 ReviewsCriticize Regarding Books The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries #4)
I admire Akunin's play with genre conventions. Transcends pastiche.Possibly the best yet (I am slowly readying through them all). Our hero, Erast Fandorin, is becoming something of a ninja Sherlock Holmes. His adversary in this is something of the same, but a bad guy. All very entertaining. It takes place mainly in Moscow and is all about political conspiracies. Any more information would be a spoiler.
I'm sure I'm quite late jumping on the Boris Akunin bandwagon, but if you're not familiar with him, I say, run, don't walk, to this series of mysteries featuring the Holmesian, James Bondish Russian detective of the late 1800s, Erast Fandorin.Like Henning Mankell's recent The Man From Beijing, this novel also contains two novels in one. After letting Fandorin plow through a confusing tangle of clues surrounding the sudden death of a famous Russian general, the book pauses to give you the
Eh. As the Russians would say "tak sebe.: This opinion may change as I keep reading, but enough of descriptive jabber already! Get on with the story of murder of a Russian general and the wily doings of the ever-so-smart detective Erast Fandorin... Keep checking this review page...
As someone raised on Agatha Christie, I say unabashedly that good mysteries are a delight to read. The problem is that there are too few good mysteries. Too many of them read like the book equivalent of Law & Order, where exposition substitutes as dialogue, plot points as action, and character familiarity for true character development. God Bless You, Mr. Akunin.Akunin manages to weave an intricate tale that skillfully draws us into 19C Moscow and its intrigues while reflecting on larger
I really liked this one when I read it years ago. Upon rereading, I found it a slog, until about 1/3 to 1/2 through, when it did pick up and become exciting. This is the fourth of the Erast Fandorin mysteries, which are set in 19th century Russia. Erast is a government official detailed to 'special assignnments'. I was disappointed this time around, but people's taste change, and also I was in a 'Russian' phase those many years ago. I think the setting was what attracted me.Erast is tasked to
I'm reading these all again as I have been told by my clever Russian professor that despite the books being set in 1880, they are actually about modern Russia and not only is it fun attempting to work out which characters could possibly be today in modern Russia it gives the whole story an entirely different feel.
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