![]() ![]() The book is set in the cut-throat world of antiquarian book dealers who are busy collecting and trading the very rarest books and manuscripts. ![]() It's a book that demands real caution when setting it up for any sort of review - give away the wrong detail and it could really spoil the read for someone. Having said that, this isn't the sort of book that you should be analysing - just hold tight, head downhill and go along for the ride. I have to be honest, however the novel really is a huge piece of hokum which has a plot which stands hardly any analysis without falling to pieces and has a strangely limp denouement. In my view the film is pretty poor and Depp's attempt to play an antiquarian book expert and hired book mercenary is, frankly, laughable but the book deserves a bit more respect than it gets from the film. I say based on and I really should be saying, loosely based on. ![]() I wonder how many people who are familiar with the Johnny Depp / Roman Polanski movie collaboration called The Ninth Gate are aware that it is based on this novel by the Spaniard, Arturo Perez-Reverte. Posted on The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte ![]()
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