Peacefield Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I finally received my copy of Stone's Fall!! I'm excited to start reading it tonight . It was just released last week in the U.S., and I think the UK as well. Here is the jacket description: In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and arms dealer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War I he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents. A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone's Fall seeks to discover why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London Home. Chronologically the store moves backward - from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890 and finally to Venice in 1867 - and the attempts to uncover the truth play out against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. At once a murder mystery, a love story, and a quest, Stone's Fall is an intricately plotted and richly satisfying puzzle - an erudite wedding of history and fiction that feels utterly true and uncannily timely - and marks the triumphant return of one of the world's great storytellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 This sounds good Peacefield. I loved Instance at the Fingerpost and I've read a lot of his other books revolving around Art thefts in Italy. This is my sort of era so I shall look forward to checking this one out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 This sounds good Peacefield. I loved Instance at the Fingerpost and I've read a lot of his other books revolving around Art thefts in Italy. This is my sort of era so I shall look forward to checking this one out too. Yeah, SueK, his Jonathan Argyle art-history mysteries are lots of fun. I always wished he would continue on with them. Hopefully one day he will! I loved Instance of the Fingerpost also. Have you read his Dream of Scipio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 It sounds really intersting, hope you enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Blinking heck! I'm going to be spending a tonne of cash at the weekend. I remember you and I talking about how much we loved An Instance Of The Fingerpost! I must buy this book now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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