Under Ground
Autor E. S. Thomsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 aug 2024
La suprafață, Londra anului 1850 pare o metropolă în plină expansiune, dar sub vălul de ceață se ascunde un focar de putrefacție și teroare. Notăm cu interes cum E. S. Thomson transformă decorul istoric într-un personaj activ, unde holera — „moartea albastră” — dictează ritmul supraviețuirii. Un bărbat este găsit ucis într-un bordel, cu gâtul sfâșiat, iar timpul se scurge rapid pentru un nevinovat aruncat în închisoarea Newgate. Reținem tensiunea insuportabilă construită prin propoziții scurte și imagini viscerale: chipuri ca de os șlefuit și limbi înnegrite de boală. Merită menționat că experiența autoarei în istoria medicinei oferă o precizie chirurgicală descrierilor, depășind simpla convenție a genului. Narațiunea ne obligă să coborâm, la propriu, în tunelurile și pasajele de sub străzile aglomerate, acolo unde secretele familiei Mortmain devin mai letale decât epidemia însăși. Stilul amintește de The Chelsea Strangler prin atmosfera sufocantă a unui oraș asediat de boală, dar se diferențiază prin perspectiva unică a lui Jem Flockhart, o protagonistă complexă care navighează identități de gen și norme sociale rigide. În contextul operei sale, Under Ground continuă explorarea anatomiei umane și a corupției morale începute în Beloved Poison și Dark Asylum, rafinând acea atmosferă gotică și sângeroasă care a devenit semnătura autoarei.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 147213155X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută un roman polițist istoric cu o atmosferă densă și detalii medicale autentice. Câștigați o incursiune fascinantă în măruntaiele Londrei victoriene, acolo unde granița dintre boală și crimă dispare. Este o lectură esențială pentru fanii personajelor smart și atipice, oferind o intrigă complexă ce pulsează de urgență și realism istoric brutal.
Descriere
In the darkness, her face glimmered like polished bone, white, but with a bluish tinge. Her lips were dry and cracked. I saw them move; a black tongue pass over them as if she was trying to speak, but she made no sound.
A plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the 'blue death' - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an innocent man is taken to Newgate, Jem and Will have until execution day to save him. The search for the identity of the corpse, and the killer, takes them to the gates of Blackwater Hall, home to the secretive, and corrupt Mortmain family. With the approach of autumn, no one is safe, for the fog brings with it an evil and poisonous sickness - the perfect shroud for murder.
When family secrets are prised out into the open, people begin dying. But who, or what, is the cause? Searching for answers, Jem and Will are driven underground, to the passages and tunnels beneath the city's teeming streets. Here, their adversary proves to be more elusive, and more deadly, than ever.
PRAISE FOR UNDER GROUND
'From the outset every image, every metaphor and simile reflects the central themes of corruption and disease, poverty and decadence.The plot is complex and substantial and the final denouement has a feeling of perfect inevitability' ALIS HAWKINS
'I LOVED it. Fantastic characters - I never guessed! So good ... Underground is brilliantly steeped in the lore of Victorian London, i couldn't take my eyes off it!' SARA SHERIDAN
'Immersive' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
PRAISE FOR E.S.THOMSON
'Another gripping page-turner, add Nightshade to your reading list now.' Edinburgh Evening News
'Vivid, pungent and perilous' CHRIS BROOKMYRE on Beloved Poison
'Evocative...brilliant plotting' REBECCA GRIFFITHS on Beloved Poison
'A dark gripping atmospheric thriller' Dundee Courier on Nightshade
'Superb' Sunday Express
'Gothic. Gory. Glorious . . . E. S. 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' Kirsty Logan, author of The Gloaming
'Love evocative descriptions of Victorian London and brilliant plotting? Then grab a copy of this!' Rebecca Griffiths, author of The Primrose Path
'Complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable' Daily Express
Recenzii
In the darkness, her face glimmered like polished bone, white, but with a bluish tinge. Her lips were dry and cracked. I saw them move; a black tongue pass over them as if she was trying to speak, but she made no sound.
A plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the 'blue death' - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an innocent man is taken to Newgate, Jem and Will have until execution day to save him. The search for the identity of the corpse, and the killer, takes them to the gates of Blackwater Hall, home to the secretive, and corrupt Mortmain family. With the approach of autumn, no one is safe, for the fog brings with it an evil and poisonous sickness - the perfect shroud for murder.
When family secrets are prised out into the open, people begin dying. But who, or what, is the cause? Searching for answers, Jem and Will are driven underground, to the passages and tunnels beneath the city's teeming streets. Here, their adversary proves to be more elusive, and more deadly, than ever.
PRAISE FOR UNDER GROUND
'From the outset every image, every metaphor and simile reflects the central themes of corruption and disease, poverty and decadence.The plot is complex and substantial and the final denouement has a feeling of perfect inevitability' ALIS HAWKINS
'Immersive' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY