An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2003, Hardcover, Prebinding) 
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2003, Hardcover, Prebinding)

 
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (2003, Hardcover, Prebinding)

Author: Iain Pears
Publisher: Bt Bound
Publication Date: 2003-07-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 061365630X
ISBN-13: 9780613656306
Product ID: EPID4444167
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.

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Publication Date:2003-07-01

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Height:6.8 in
Width:4.3 in
Thickness:2.0 in
Weight:14.4 oz

Publisher's Note
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 his own agenda, tell what they saw, but only one speaks the truth.

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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