{"product_id":"the-dante-club-matthew-pearl","title":"The Dante Club — Matthew Pearl","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eTitle: The Dante Club\u003cbr data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eAuthor: Matthew Pearl\u003cbr data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"102\"\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"123\"\u003eISBN: 0-099-46598-1\u003cbr data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"145\"\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"197\"\u003eEdition: Vintage edition, 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"459\"\u003eCondition: Good second-hand condition. Light edge wear and minor creasing to covers and spine, with bookstore price sticker to rear cover. Some light staining\/discolouration to lower page edges near the front. Binding remains solid and pages are clean overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"718\"\u003eA literary historical thriller set in Boston in 1865, following a group of scholars attempting to introduce Dante Alighieri’s \u003cem data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"602\"\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e to an American audience — while a series of murders begin mirroring the punishments described in Dante’s \u003cem data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"717\"\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"1052\"\u003eMatthew Pearl blends real historical figures, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, with fictional mystery elements to create a dense, atmospheric novel steeped in literature, translation, and obsession. The result sits somewhere between academic detective fiction, gothic mystery, and historical suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1357\"\u003eRich with references to Dante, nineteenth-century Boston, and the politics of literary culture, the book became well known for helping popularise “literary thriller” fiction in the early 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49082360135903,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5805.jpg?v=1778061305","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/the-dante-club-matthew-pearl","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}