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Aristotle and Poetic Justice: An Aristotle Detective Novel
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The great Greek philosopher heads to Delphi on the hunt for a kidnapped heiress in this series of “witty, elegant whodunits” (Times Literary Supplement).
330BC: Alexander the Great has sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world has ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner, when Athens placates the spirits of the dead, passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are about to be drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle—whose help may be needed when a murder complicates the case in this follow-up to the “eminently enjoyable” Aristotle Detective (Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries).
“Why did no one think of this before?”—The Times (UK)
330BC: Alexander the Great has sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world has ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner, when Athens placates the spirits of the dead, passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are about to be drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle—whose help may be needed when a murder complicates the case in this follow-up to the “eminently enjoyable” Aristotle Detective (Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries).
“Why did no one think of this before?”—The Times (UK)
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Ancora tu, ma non dovevamo vederci più?Ecco questo è il riassunto del mio rapporto con questa saga. Continuo a darle possibilità, ma arrivati al terzo volume devo arrendermi al fatto che non migliorerà mai. Se almeno fosse irrimediabilmente brutta potrei rassegnarmi ed archiviarla, ma il fatto che vegeti nella mediocrità mi fa sempre sperare che nel successivo qualcosa cambi, ad esempio che l'autrice impari come scrivere un romanzo giallo; perché il problema è sempre lo stesso, l'assoluta mancanza di pathos. Ci sono morti, rapimenti, inseguimenti e perfino profezie divine, eppure nulla di tutto questo è capace di suscitare la minima curiosità nel lettore, perchè è tutto annacquato in un mare di divagazioni e pedanterie. La struttura stessa del mistero scricchiola da tutte le parti e arrivati alla fine l'impressione è che l'autrice abbia messo un po' troppa carne al fuoco, rendendo la soluzione del caso contorta e poco credibile. Se ci aggiungiamo un narratore poco carismatico ed un Aristotele sottotono, il quadro è completo. Peccato, perché come dicevo prima dal punto di vista dell'ambientazione è curatissimo, ad esempio ha il grande merito di non tratteggiare personalità moderne inserite forzatamente nell'antica Grecia, ma di farli ragionare come veri uomini del tempo; però se in un giallo non ci sono la suspense e la voglia di scoprire cosa succede, mancano proprio le fondamenta.Penso di aver dato alla Doody abbastanza possibilità, il mio viaggio nella Grecia di Aristotele si conclude felicemente qui (forse).
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Valiant attempt at historical who-dunnit that fails due to the clunky plot & lack of characterisation.Read Dec 2005
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not as good as the first Aristotle mystery but better than the third. Dramatic climax in the mountains around Delphi.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Considering it as a detective story, the crime is complex and seems too much contrived to fit a literary reference. Considering it as a historical novel, ancient Greek culture is so alien that a good deal of information-dumping is necessary on subjects such as the rights of slaves and the functioning of religious cults. So, slightly hard going. MB 17-xii-2018
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