- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (6 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006498752
- ISBN-13: 978-0006498759
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,045,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Pears’s tremendous affection for Rome comes through strongly in the book, making the city one of the most engaging characters’
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‘Pears has a superior line in this kind of tale’
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Praise for 'Death and Restoration': 'Pears's tremendous affection for Rome comes through strongly in the book, making the city one of the most engaging characters' Sunday Times 'Iain Pears writes delightfully witty, elegant, well-informed crime novels' The Times 'You don't have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears's Italian mysteries. Like a good teacher he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit.' Val McDermid Praise for 'The Portrait': 'A wonderful, grimly entertaining novel.' Sunday Telegraph 'A revenge fantasy to relish.' Independent on Sunday 'Genuinely creepy.' The Times 'An exquisite miniature that explores the roles of artist and critic with wit and gore.' Evening Standard 'This is an atmospheric tour de force of historical writing, as it is of narrative skill.' Independent 'Taut, disturbing!full of interesting observations about the late nineteenth -- and early twentieth-century art world!mesmerising.' Spectator
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author's obvious interest in art makes for an exciting twist on the ordinary crime story, and his beautiful descriptive use of Rome makes the perfect setting. As the plot unfolds inside a Roman monastary the pace is maintained and the twists are numerous. Based around the theft of a painting, the Roman Art Theft Squad and the valiant attempts of a British art historian to assist, weave together the modern crime with far from predictable motivations, and Rome's extensive history. For a crime novel this is enjoyable stuff, not the best of the series, but very readable - a perfect way to pass the afternoons of a British summer.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is my third Pears, and I preferred the previous two. I felt "Death and Restoration: contained some dangling ends and incongruous bits, but to go into too much detail might give away too much story. In the end everything fits, but I felt that someone had used sandpaper on my suspended disbelief.
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