The Dumas Club

The Dumas Club

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found dead, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas’s masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris on the killer’s trail in this twisty intellectual romp through the book world.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Arturo
Perez-Reverte

Arturo Perez-Reverte lives near Madrid. His novels have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller” (Chicago Tribune). Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, Queen of the South and What We Become. He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. His books have been published in fifty countries.

Arturo Perez-Reverte lives near Madrid. His novels have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller” (Chicago Tribune). Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, Queen of the South and What We Become. He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. His books have been published in fifty countries.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Sonia
Soto

Sonia Soto is an acclaimed, award-winning translator known for bringing Spanish literature, particularly thrillers and popular fiction, into English, notably translating popular works by Spanish authors like Arturo Pérez-Reverte (The Club DumasThe Seville Communion) and Guillermo Martínez (The Oxford Murders). She won the prestigious Premio Valle-Inclán for Spanish translation in 2000 and was a runner-up in 2006, recognized for her skill in capturing the nuances of Spanish authors for English-speaking audiences. 

Sonia Soto is an acclaimed, award-winning translator known for bringing Spanish literature, particularly thrillers and popular fiction, into English, notably translating popular works by Spanish authors like Arturo Pérez-Reverte (The Club DumasThe Seville Communion) and Guillermo Martínez (The Oxford Murders). She won the prestigious Premio Valle-Inclán for Spanish translation in 2000 and was a runner-up in 2006, recognized for her skill in capturing the nuances of Spanish authors for English-speaking audiences. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publisher
Random House
Translator
Sonia Soto

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