Russell H. Greenan Libri

"A murderously funny fugue of the macabre ... Grave matters, elegantly dispatched." — The New York Times Book Review Algernon Pendleton — call him Al — lives by himself in a suburban Boston house loaded with treasures collected by his Egyptologist great-grandfather. His solitary life, punctuated by occasional visits to a shop where he trades artifacts for ready cash, would be lonely if not for his confidential chats with Eulalia, a talking porcelain pitcher. When an old army buddy shows up with a suitcase full of money, Eulalia has some less-than-friendly ideas about separating their houseguest from his fortune. Meanwhile, a professor of archaeology is getting increasingly suspicious about the shop's supply of rare and valuable antiquities. Thanks to Eulalia's advice, Al soon finds himself trapped in a murder mystery that unfolds with ample doses of black humor. "You have to have a heart of stone not to love Algernon Pendleton, the mad-as-a-hatter murderer … Curl up with him and your doom is sealed ... Greenan has fashioned an excursion in to the macabre that is in a class by itself." — Saturday Review "Oddly appealing, a sort of Arsenic and Old Lace approach that really works in terms of entertainment if you have a taste for the fantastic." — Publishers Weekly

Eine atemberaubende Reise durch die Kunstszene von Boston, New York und London. Eine sensationelle Wiederentdeckung: das Kultbuch von 1968 mit einem Nachwort von Jonathan Lethem.

A Boston, Humphrey Flanagan exerce l'aventureuse profession d'antiquaire. Il est aussi un tombeur réputé, ce qui n'est pas pour améliorer le quotidien de son mariage qui bat de l'aile. Un divorce facile tomberait à point nommé. Justement son oncle, James Durham, décède. Humphrey, qui est son unique héritier, compte bien sur ce gros héritage, mais une enquête révèle que la fortune de l'oncle s'est curieusement volatilisée durant la dernière année de sa vie. Quelle n'est pas la surprise d'Humphrey quand il apprend également que son triste parent a fréquenté avec assiduité une association d'adeptes du paranormal dont fait partie l'ensorceleuse Tana Zadorot.