Mystery of the Sintra Road (Paperback)

Two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him to assist a noblewoman, who is about to give birth. When they reach the house, they find no such noblewoman, only a dead man. Another man, known only as A.M.C., bursts in at this point and declares that the man died of opium poisoning. The doctor writes a letter to a newspaper editor, setting out the facts as he knows them. These facts are rebutted first by a friend of A.M.C. and then by the first masked man, who explains the whole story... Eca de Queiroz wrote this spoof 'mystery' with his friend Ramalho Ortigao, publishing it in the form of a series of anonymous letters in the Diario de Noticias between 24 July and 27 September 1870. Many readers believed the letters to be genuine. As the book progresses, one sees Eca gradually getting into his stride as a novelist, equally at home with humour and with human drama. Recently turned into a major Portuguese feature film it will delight avid Eca fans and lovers of mysteries."

General

Imprint:	Dedalus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	September 2014
Authors:	Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz • Ramalho Ortigao
Translators:	Margaret Jull Costa • Nick Phillips
Dimensions:	197 x 125 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-909232-29-7
Subtitles:	Portuguese
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-909232-29-7
Barcode:	9781909232297

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