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Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100385340354
ISBN-139780385340359
eBay Product ID (ePID)52196119
Product Key Features
Book TitleGlass Books of the Dream Eaters
Number of Pages768 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Suspense, General, Action & Adventure
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorGordon Dahlquist
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight38.6 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-040740
Reviews"Oh, this guy is goooood! This is the most original thing I've read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams." --Diana Gabaldon "A tale that combines swashbuckling adventure, a big dose of science fiction and burgeoning romance."--"USA Today " ..."studded with treats...beautifully written..."--"Entertainment Weekly " "A combination of science fiction, dark fantasy, thriller and gothic horror, this novel is as flat-out fun, engaging and funny as any tale of mystery and imagination I can recall."--John R. Alden, "Cleveland Plain Dealer ""Sweeping, highly original and absorbing.... Defies categorization."--"Dallas Morning News", "Oh, this guy is goooood! This is the most original thing I've read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams." -Diana Gabaldon "A tale that combines swashbuckling adventure, a big dose of science fiction and burgeoning romance."-USA Today "…studded with treats…beautifully written…"-Entertainment Weekly "A combination of science fiction, dark fantasy, thriller and gothic horror, this novel is as flat-out fun, engaging and funny as any tale of mystery and imagination I can recall."-John R. Alden,Cleveland Plain Dealer "Sweeping, highly original and absorbing…. Defies categorization."-Dallas Morning News From the Hardcover edition., "Oh, this guy is goooood! This is the most original thing I've read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams." -Diana Gabaldon "A tale that combines swashbuckling adventure, a big dose of science fiction and burgeoning romance."-USA Today "…studded with treats…beautifully written…"-Entertainment Weekly "A combination of science fiction, dark fantasy, thriller and gothic horror, this novel is as flat-out fun, engaging and funny as any tale of mystery and imagination I can recall."-John R. Alden,Cleveland Plain Dealer "Sweeping, highly original and absorbing…. Defies categorization."-Dallas Morning News, "Oh, this guy is goooood! This is the most original thing I've read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams." -- Diana Gabaldon From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisIt begins with a simple note. Roger Bascombe wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. But, Celeste, for all her lack of worldly experience, is determined to find out why her fiance should have thrown her over so cruelly. Adopting a disguise, she follows her erstwhile lover to the forbidding Harschmort manor, where she discovers a world --by turns dizzyingly seductive and utterly shocking-she could never have imagined, and a conspiracy so terrifying as to be almost beyond belief. Seething with danger, terror and romance, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters is a mammoth work of the imagination, a deliriously readable, heartstoppingly suspenseful, and darkly erotic masterpiece of storytelling., It begins with a simple note: Roger Bascombe wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. Celeste is determined to find out why her fiance should have thrown her over so cruelly. Adopting a disguise, she follows him to the forbidding Harschmort manor, where she discovers a conspiracy so terrifying as to be almost beyond belief., With translation rights sold in twenty-five countries, Gordon Dahlquist's spectacular and extraordinary debut novel was one of the most-talked-about acquisitions of 2005. Now this monumental Victorian thriller is destined to be the publishing sensation of 2006. It began with a simple note: a letter of rejection from Miss Temple's fiance, written on crisp Ministry paper and delivered on her maid's silver tray. But for Miss Temple, Roger Bascombe's cruel rejection will ignite a harrowing quest for answers, plunging her into a mystery as dizzying as a hall of mirrors--and a remote estate where danger abounds and all inhibitions are stripped bare....Thus begins Gordon Dahlquist's debut novel of Victorian suspense--at once a dazzling feast for the senses and a beguiling, erotic literary adventure. Nothing could have prepared Miss Temple for where her pursuit of Roger Bascombe would take her--or for the shocking things she would find behind the closed doors of forbidding Harschmort Manor: men and women in provocative disguise, acts of licentiousness and violence, heroism and awakening. But she will also find two allies: Cardinal Chang, a brutal assassin with the heart of a poet, and a royal doctor named Svenson, at once fumbling and heroic--both of whom, like her, lost someone at Harschmort Manor. As the unlikely trio search for answers--hurtling them from elegant brothels to gaslit alleyways to shocking moments of self-discovery-- they are confronted by puzzles within puzzles. And the closer they get to the truth, the more their lives are in danger. For the conspiracy they face--an astonishing alchemy of science, perverted religion, and lust for power--is so terrifying as to be beyond belief. In a novel that shatters conventions and seethes with danger and eroticism, Gordon Dahlquist has made a spectacular literary debut. And in Miss Temple he has created an unforgettable guide through a disturbing, seductive, and all-too-real world. By turns brutal and tender, shocking and deliciously romantic, The Glass Books of The Dream Eaters is a novel for the ages, a bold and brilliant work of the imagination"
LC Classification NumberPS3604.A345G58 2006
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- Jul 24, 2018
Steampunk Fantasy at it’s best
I bought this copy as a replacement for the one that had made the rounds of so many friends that it fell apart. This is the first volume of a rapidly moving adventure centered around an unlikely alliance of three central characters in a mythical Europe in the late nineteenth century. A highly original and surprisingly erotic thriller that grips the reader until the last page. Be prepared to lose sleep reading this one. The two sequels are equally compelling.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
