Of Love and Evil
Anne Rice
Of Love and Evil
Anne Rice's extraordinary new novel summons the world of fifteenth-century Rome: a city of beauty and terror, of art and sin. In this extraordinary setting Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is called upon by the angel Malchiah, to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to seek out the truth behind the presence of an earthbound restless spirit - a diabolical dybbuk - that is causing chaos in the city.
2.3 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
General Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
192 |
| RRP |
£7.99 |
| Date of Publication |
June 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0099484202 |
| Publisher |
Arrow |
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Anne Rice's extraordinary new novel summons the world of fifteenth-century Rome: a city of beauty and terror, of art and sin. In this extraordinary setting Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is called upon by the angel Malchiah, to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to seek out the truth behind the presence of an earthbound restless spirit - a diabolical dybbuk - that is causing chaos in the city.
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Reviews
The New York Times
Jan Stuart
“Once Rice deposits him in the thick of Renaissance Italy, she jump-starts a fleet and nuanced theological ghost story. “Of Love and Evil” arrives in the wake of Rice’s well-publicized rejection of Roman Catholicism. Her struggle with a bruised faith seems to bristle on every page. ”
24/12/2010
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The Washington Post
Lloyd Rose
“Unfortunately, "Of Love and Evil" has all the flaws of "Angel Time," though its plot is better ... Her prose is purple (and scarlet and black and gold), and her vampire sex scenes read like over-perfumed soft-porn fantasies. But what always sets her apart from her imitators is the energy roiling under that languidness.”
21/12/2010
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The Independent on Sunday
David Evans
“Unfortunately, Rice's descriptions of Renaissance Italy fail to convince, and her tendency to break into strained, God-praising rhapsodies is off-putting. Indeed, the book steams with such hot and fervid expressions of faith that you feel like throwing a bucket of cold water over it.”
10/07/2011
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