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From the back cover: THE ODYSSEY TRANSLATED BY E. V. RIEU Homer's The Odyssey is a dazzling mixture of magic and mystery, adventure and great deeds. In a world often far removed from the harsh reality of The Iliad, Homer tells of the return of the hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. Traditional Greek folktales are skilfully interwoven with original ideas to create an adventure-story and a quest worthy of any medieval or modern writer. For Odysseus's journey is scarcely straightforward: he has to undergo the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon, fight monsters, overcome sexual distractions and the loss of his crew - only to find further trials to deal with when he finally reaches his native land of Ithaca. E. V. Rieu's best-selling prose translation captures both the delicacy and drama of the episodes and allows the freshness and excitement of Homer's well-knit plot, with its interplay of subtly delineated characters, to delight us as much as it did the ancient Greeks. The cover shows a detail from 'Odysseus… Leer más

DESCRIPTION: From the back cover: "It was a razor, of the straight, old-fashioned variety, and closed; but it had recently been used. 'Yes,' he said, 'the Blind Barber has been here tonight!" A vicious killer is loose aboard the H.M.S. Queen Victoria, and four raucous characters are hell-bent on tracking him down. Unprepared for the actuality of crime hunting and its strange circumstances-a blood-soaked stateroom bunk, a lethally sharp razor, an emerald elephant, and a reel of compromising film-they stumble over the clues and find themselves sinking deeper into misadventure and pandemonium. Only the famous Dr. Gideon Fell, also up to his chins in clues and comedy, can pin down the most cold-blooded of murderers in this high-spirited and entertaining mystery. John Dickson Carr, one of detective fiction's most popular and prolific writers, was president of the Mystery Writers of America and recipient of their Grand Master Award. He is well known for his deft characterizations, sense of humor, and taste… Leer más