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An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2000, Paperback, Reprint) 
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2000, Paperback, Reprint)

 
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2000, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Iain Pears
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1573227951
ISBN-13: 9781573227957
Product ID: EPID1648074
Description: A literary mystery set in 17th-century Oxford, in which a Fellow of New College is murdered, and a young woman is tried and executed as the killer. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Synopsis
A literary mystery set in 17th-century Oxford, in which a Fellow of New College is murdered, and a young woman is tried and executed as the killer. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.

Details
Publication Date:2000-04-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:691 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:1.5 in
Weight:25.6 oz

Publisher's Note
In an epic literary mystery, when a fellow of New College in seventeenth-century Oxford is found dead and a young woman is accused of his murder, four witnesses, each with their own agenda, tell what they saw, but only one speaks the truth. Reprint.

Industry Reviews
"For almost 700 pages, Pears spins an intricate narrative web around the murder of an obnoxious Oxford don....One of the pleasures of reading 'An Instance of the Fingerpost' is the opportunity it affords to become a kind of amateur expert on daily life in Restoration England. And it is not just the physical world that is resurrected. Pears has steeped himself in the reading and the attitudes of the period, so that his characters...embody its rich contradictions..."
New York Times Book Review - Andrew Miller (03/22/1998)

"Nothing in Pears's five archly amusing art mysteries hints at the range or depth or boldness of this multifaceted scrutiny of a murder case in Restoration Oxford....'Rashomon' meets 'The Name of the Rose' in a triumphant triple-decker that knocks every speck of dust from the historical mystery."
Newman

"A whopping good read of Dickensian breadth....Deftly plotted, briskly written."
Wagner

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