The Inimitable Bill Denton wrote:
> The TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (20 Jan 2006) ran a
review by one Michael
> Saler of two new translations of swashbucklers by
Arturo Perez-Reverte:
> CAPTAIN ALATRISTE and THE PURITY OF BLOOD. (There's
an acute accent on
> the first e in "Perez" I can't manage.)
(Quote of review cut in the interest of brevity)
> Saler ends with "In other words, all against one,
and one against all: a
> noir swordsman for our times."
>
> I remember some talk years ago about an earlier
Perez-Reverte novel which
> was held up as hardboiled, but didn't much grab me.
Someone later left in
> a huff over this. Anyone read any of this series
about Alatriste? It
> sounds great.
I actually bought the book last year and just started it this
week. I also recently picked up THE PURITY OF BLOOD. I've
been a Perez-Reverte fan since the cover of THE NAUTICAL
CHART caught my eye at the Vegas Bouchercon a few years back.
I got it, and was glad I did. I've also read THE CLUB
DUMAS
(my favorite work of his so far, and very noir in its
outlook. Roman Polanski made a clunker of a movie based on
this book a few years back. It was called THE NINTH GATE, and
Johnny Depp starred. Seriously, an awful movie adaptation of
a very clever book! Like no one here has seen THAT before!)
and THE FLANDERS PANEL, which I also enjoyed. I'm fifty or so
pages into ALATRISTE, and it's fabulous stuff.
All the Best-
Brian Thornton
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