
The Dante Club
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Narrated by:
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Boyd Gaines
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By:
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Matthew Pearl
As they struggle to keep their sacred literary cause alive, the plans of the Dante Club are put in further jeopardy when a serial killer unleashes his terror on the city. Only the scholars realize that the gruesome murders are modeled on the descriptions from Dante's Inferno and its account of Hell's torturous punishments. With the lives of the Boston elite and Dante's literary future in America at stake, the Dante Club must find the killer before the authorities discover their secret.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and outcast police officer Nicholas Rey, the first black member of the Boston police department, place their careers on the line in their efforts to end the killing spree. Together, they discover that the source of the murders lies closer than they ever could have imagined.
The Dante Club is a magnificent blend of fact and fiction, a brilliantly realized paean to Dante, his mythic genius, and his continued grip on our imaginations.
©2003 Matthew Pearl, All Rights Reserved (P)2003 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"Expertly weaving period detail, historical fact (the Dante Club did indeed exist), complex character studies, and nail-biting suspense, Pearl has written a unique and utterly absorbing tale." (Booklist, Starred Review)
"Absorbing and dramatic...Pearl has proven himself a master." (Library Journal)
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I thought the beginning of the story was a bit slow but it did pick up the pace after a bit. I was a little dissapointed with the ending, I guess I was hoping for someone else to have actually been the villian.
Overall, not a bad story. I'd say just not a very riviting or memorable one.
It was okay
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Poorly edited
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Terribly abridged
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Dark yet enjoyable
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The Dante Club
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Original Story, Bad Abridgement
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Excellent Fiction
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I had several false starts with this - deleting it from my OTIS and then re-doing it again until I finally worked my way through.
Tough to get in to.
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Boring.
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