Perez-Reverte's "The Flanders Panel" for loan

[anotheranon]

A mystery/thriller of art, history, and chess, source of this shiny quote, by the same author who wrote the "Alatriste" novels. Needless to say, I enjoyed terrifically!

If you like chess, art, or mystery (especially chess - they go into detail with charts), you want to read.

First come first serve, if more than one of you is interested we'll figure out a way to pass it around.

Comments

[belfebe.livejournal.com]

¿Quién mató al caballero?

(Who killed the knight?)

This has to be one of my Perez Reverte all-time faves.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Oooh, did you read it in the original Spanish?

[belfebe.livejournal.com]

Por supuesto! Spanish is my native language. Why read a translation when I can read the original? :-D

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Well said :) FYI anyone else reading - the book offered for loan is the English version and the prose is beautiful - I can only imagine how much better it flows in Spanish!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

So glad you enjoyed the tale! I had my chessboard set up to follow the diagrams in 3D when I first read it. :-)