"A London bombing kills octogenarian detective Arthur Bryant. For his partner, John May, his loss means the end of a friendship of more than siglo.Buscando half tracks, May investigates his friend's notes on his first case and soon realizes that the past has returned ... with murderous intent. The representation of Orpheus in hell, decades ago, was the trigger a series of crimes that young detectives dragged into a gruesome mystery. London, then under the yoke of the Great War, trembled before a murderer lurked in its theaters by creating their own macabre drama. Now the incident has become a murderer to kill one of them ... and is ready to kill his partner. "
" The dark theater, belonging to a detective series starring two octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, is to provide a new gem in this great sub-genre novels that are murder mystery set in the World War 2. In this case, much of the plot unfolds in the context of a Britain bombed, surrounded by a violence that is both physical and moral. At that time, detectives focusing on two youngsters from very different mood heading for a mysterious police department, the Peculiar Crimes Unit, where he will be confronted with a series of bloody murders in the Palace Theatre during rehearsals of "Orfeo" by Offenbach. The story echoes reverberate in the present, when an old Bryant dies suddenly in a bomb blast.
What makes this work on a recommendation of quality is its composition very wise, subtle blend of disparate elements that eventually fit together to form a unique style. Fowler's prose, between dark humor and even poetry becomes an incentive, by itself, to read the novel. But you can not dismiss the unforgettable portrait of two players, the aforementioned Bryant and May, as charismatic as any lover could dream detective genre. The sections concerning the relationship and the personality of both detectives are wonderful.
As for the story, a sinister farce where nothing is as it seems, is achieved at all times an uneasy atmosphere in which it is almost impossible to guess what happens next. The play of shadows and lighting, interior and exterior, reality and fiction is accompanied by a vivid portrait of the times of war, with the parts set in the past without doubt the best.
The outcome of this splendid novel, it remains to match, as flawless as the rest of the novel and a moment without deviating from the central idea.
Ultimately, Christopher Fowler, an author still little known in these parts, has entered through the front door quality. Published in Spain hopefully the rest of his series on Bryant and May, which reported new cases are resolved in the past by the Peculiar Crimes Unit.
" The dark theater, belonging to a detective series starring two octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, is to provide a new gem in this great sub-genre novels that are murder mystery set in the World War 2. In this case, much of the plot unfolds in the context of a Britain bombed, surrounded by a violence that is both physical and moral. At that time, detectives focusing on two youngsters from very different mood heading for a mysterious police department, the Peculiar Crimes Unit, where he will be confronted with a series of bloody murders in the Palace Theatre during rehearsals of "Orfeo" by Offenbach. The story echoes reverberate in the present, when an old Bryant dies suddenly in a bomb blast.
What makes this work on a recommendation of quality is its composition very wise, subtle blend of disparate elements that eventually fit together to form a unique style. Fowler's prose, between dark humor and even poetry becomes an incentive, by itself, to read the novel. But you can not dismiss the unforgettable portrait of two players, the aforementioned Bryant and May, as charismatic as any lover could dream detective genre. The sections concerning the relationship and the personality of both detectives are wonderful.
As for the story, a sinister farce where nothing is as it seems, is achieved at all times an uneasy atmosphere in which it is almost impossible to guess what happens next. The play of shadows and lighting, interior and exterior, reality and fiction is accompanied by a vivid portrait of the times of war, with the parts set in the past without doubt the best.
The outcome of this splendid novel, it remains to match, as flawless as the rest of the novel and a moment without deviating from the central idea.
Ultimately, Christopher Fowler, an author still little known in these parts, has entered through the front door quality. Published in Spain hopefully the rest of his series on Bryant and May, which reported new cases are resolved in the past by the Peculiar Crimes Unit.
DATA BOOK TITLE: "THE DARK THEATER"
AUTHOR: CHRISTOPHER FOWLER
EDITORIAL: THE IDEAS FACTORY
YEAR: 2006
SCORE "THE WEB OF ICE": *** * (four shots)
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