The Mask of Dimitrios迪米特里奥斯之棺
作者: Eric
出版社:Penguin 2009年05月
简介:
English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbulwhen he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector ColonelHaki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysteriousDimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law,whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated bythe story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps acrossEurope to gather material for a new book. But, as he graduallydiscovers more about his subject's shadowy history, fascinationtips over into obsession. And, in entering Dimitrios' criminalunderworld, Latimer realizes that his own life may be on theline.
【媒体评论】
'Not Le Carre, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed theintelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling thatestablished The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind' TheTimes 'If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the1930s, you will find few better guides' - Robert Harris