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Expecting to cover zoning meetings and school plays, Paul Tomm signs on as a cub reporter with a small-town paper near his Connecticut alma mater. When Jaan Puhapaev, a professor doing his research on the ancient art of alchemy, dies under suspicious circumstances, Paul is called back to the campus to write an obituary. But Puhapaev had no family or friends, and the only person who seems to have known anything about him is the beautiful next-door neighbor, Hannah Rowe. When the coroner working on Puhapaev's autopsy is killed, Tomm teams up with two detectives and Hannah, with whom he has fallen in love, to discover what happened to both men. But the more he gets acquainted with the professor's story, the stranger it gets. What did Puhapaev know about the fourteen charmed, cursed talismans that could turn not only base metal into gold but also old age into youth?… (mere)
(2005)An OK mystery in the daVinci Code genre. Main story was OK but the constant back & forth to describe objects of alchemy that were stolen was a little tedious by the end of the book.
A fun read - conspiratorial alchemy murder mystery. It's only real flaw was the ambiguity in the end - a tale fluttering off to nowhere. Nevertheless, well written and enjoyable. ( )
Un joven reportero de provincias se encarga de un triste suceso: la muerte de un antiguo profesor. Paul no sabe qué secretos se ha llevado este hombre a la tumba, muchos menos que se encuentra ante una investigación que cambiará su vida personal y profesional.
A biblioteca do geógrafo pode ser classificado como um thriller erudito: o estilo do jornalista norte-americano Jon Fasman situa-se entre o de Umberto Eco e o de Dan Brown. Ao mesmo tempo que entretém, o romance revela uma sólida cultura, perpassando a alquimia – a mais esotérica das ciências – e tendo personagens e cenários os mais díspares (do Irã medieval aos Estados Unidos do século XX) como centro da ação.
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I find myself always torn between two beliefs: the belief that life should be better than it is and the belief that when it appears better it really is worse.
Graham Greene, Journey Without Maps
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For Alissa.
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For a journalist at a weekly paper, especially one as small as the Carrier, The Day the Paper Comes Out is a day of rest.
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Expecting to cover zoning meetings and school plays, Paul Tomm signs on as a cub reporter with a small-town paper near his Connecticut alma mater. When Jaan Puhapaev, a professor doing his research on the ancient art of alchemy, dies under suspicious circumstances, Paul is called back to the campus to write an obituary. But Puhapaev had no family or friends, and the only person who seems to have known anything about him is the beautiful next-door neighbor, Hannah Rowe. When the coroner working on Puhapaev's autopsy is killed, Tomm teams up with two detectives and Hannah, with whom he has fallen in love, to discover what happened to both men. But the more he gets acquainted with the professor's story, the stranger it gets. What did Puhapaev know about the fourteen charmed, cursed talismans that could turn not only base metal into gold but also old age into youth?
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