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Beloved Poison de E. S. Thomson

Beloved Poison: Jem Flockhart

Autor E. S. Thomson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2016

Deschidem universul întunecat al seriei Jem Flockhart cu un debut care redefinește limitele romanului polițist istoric. Observăm cum E. S. Thomson plasează Beloved Poison la fundația unei explorări viscerale a Londrei victoriene. Spitalul St Saviour's se prăbușește. Holurile putrezesc. Medicii se urăsc. În acest haos, Jem Flockhart supraviețuiește prin tăcere și observație. Totul se schimbă când descoperă șase sicrie mici. Înăuntru? Flori uscate și cârpe mucegăite. Este un avertisment din trecut. Suntem martorii unei curse contra cronometru prin teatre de operații însângerate și celule insalubre. La intersecția dintre Dark Asylum și Nightshade, această carte combină rigoarea cercetării medicale cu o atmosferă gotică sufocantă. Tensiunea se acumulează în fiecare pagină. Secretele sunt mai letale decât otravă. Descoperim aici o lume a disecțiilor și a gâdelui, unde fiecare adevăr are un preț de sânge. Stilul este tăios. Imaginile sunt de o claritate brutală. Thomson nu menajează cititorul. Ea transformă mizeria epocii într-o formă de artă narativă. Beloved Poison stabilește temele recurente ale autoarei: identitatea ascunsă, corupția instituțională și fragilitatea corpului uman, elemente care vor defini și volumele ulterioare precum The Blood sau Surgeons' Hall. Este începutul unui drum periculos într-o Londră care refuză să-și îngroape morții.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472122292
ISBN-10: 1472122291
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Jem Flockhart
Seria Jem Flockhart

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lectură celor care caută un roman polițist istoric dens, lipsit de sclipiciul romantic al epocii victoriene. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra medicinei arhaice și a farmaceuticii, totul împachetat într-un mister sumbru. Este alegerea perfectă dacă apreciați personajele complexe, androgine și atmosferele grele, de tipul celor create de Sarah Perry, dar cu o latură mult mai macabră.

Despre autor

E. S. Thomson este o voce distinctă în literatura polițistă contemporană, cunoscută pentru documentarea riguroasă a istoriei medicinei. Prin seria dedicată farmacistului Jem Flockhart, autoarea explorează unghiurile moarte ale secolului al XIX-lea, de la aziluri de nebuni la săli de disecție. Stilul său se remarcă prin capacitatea de a evoca senzorial atmosfera Londrei victoriene, punând accent pe detalii anatomice și botanice. Lucrările sale sunt frecvent comparate cu cele ale Laurei Purcell sau ale lui Stuart Turton pentru profunzimea lor atmosferică și intrigile stratificate.

Descriere

'Vivid, pungent and perilous' CHRIS BROOKMYRE

'Evocative...brilliant plotting' REBECCA GRIFFITHS

A dark and richly atmospheric thriller, perfect for fans of Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions, Sarah Perry's Melmoth and Elly Griffiths' The Stranger Diaries.

London, 1846.

Ramshackle and crumbling, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy.

Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.

And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences . . .

 

Praise for E.S. Thomson:

'It's rare that a book is Gothic enough for me, but Beloved Poison is killing it. The blood, the bones...' LAURA PURCELL

'Complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable' DAILY EXPRESS

'Marvellous, vivid . . . breathtakingly dark' JANET ELLIS

'Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years' KIRSTY LOGAN

'A marvel . . . thoroughly engrossing' MARY PAULSON ELLIS

Notă biografică

E. S. Thomson's work has been longlisted for the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger, and shortlisted for the Saltire Prize, the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award and the William MacIlvanney Crime Book of the Year Award. She has a PhD in the social history of medicine, and tries to fit as much medical history into her books as possible. She works as a university lecturer by day, and writes by night. Elaine lives in Edinburgh with her two sons.

Descriere scurtă

The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark rust-coloured stains. It smelt of time and decay, sour, like old books and parchments. The light from the chapel's stained-glass window blushed red upon it, and upon my hands, as if the thing itself radiated a bloody glow.
Ramshackle and crumbling, trapped in the past and resisting the future, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy. Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.
And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences.
'Beloved Poison is a marvellous, vivid book . . . I was surprised to see twenty-first century London rather than grimy, smelly St Saviour's around me when I - eventually - looked up from its pages' - Janet Ellis, author of The Butcher's Hook

Recenzii

Beloved Poison is a marvellous, vivid book with a thoughtful, engaging protagonist at its centre - and a fascinating story to tell. It's immaculately researched and breathtakingly dark. Elaine Thomson's descriptive powers are so great that that I was surprised to see twenty-first century London rather than grimy, smelly St Saviour's around me when I - eventually - looked up from its pages
You can almost feel the evil miasma rising from the page
This outstanding debut historical enthrals with its meticulously researched details
From the first page to the last, I enjoyed every brilliantly written, and often hideous, detail ... A splendid read
Here's a tale of Victorian London to freeze your blood on a cold winter's night
A historical novel to be savoured
ES Thompson's Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years. Jem is just my kind of heroine: scarred, smart, complex, and unapologetically queer
The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark rust-coloured stains. It smelt of time and decay, sour, like old books and parchments. The light from the chapel's stained-glass window blushed red upon it, and upon my hands, as if the thing itself radiated a bloody glow.

Ramshackle and crumbling, trapped in the past and resisting the future, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy. Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.

And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences.

In a trail that leads from the bloody world of the operating theatre and the dissecting table to the notorious squalor of Newgate and the gallows, Jem's adversary proves to be both powerful and ruthless. As St Saviour's destruction draws near, the dead are unearthed from their graves whilst the living are forced to make impossible choices. And murder is the price to be paid for the secrets to be kept.