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Drood

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Drood

Written by: Dan Simmons
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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 On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens -- at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world -- hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.

Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?

Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.©2009 Dan Simmons; (P)2009 Dan Simmons Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Thriller & Suspense Fiction Mystery England Exciting Biography Suspense Train Travel
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was a very forgetful book ...I did have high Hope's goin into it but I did lose interest after the train accident...was the only thing good about it I'm afraid...which is disappointing.. dont think I'll be reading anything else from this author in the future ...unless I hear something good but I doubt it .

did I just read that all ??

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Despite Simon Prebble’s beautiful narration, the story is convoluted and bizarre... sometimes absorbing then completely unbelievable- veering from one to the next. I tried to stick with it but had to give up.. made both Dickens and Wilkie Collins unlikeable and even at times-detestable.

Weirdly depressing

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