Mathematics professor Dobie finds a new mystery to solve when he arrives on the Greek island of Aphrodite and embarks on an investigation into the Amphitryon Affair, a case in which myth, sex, insanity, and political intrigue mix. By the author of The Catalyst.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Following his adventures in The Catalyst , handsome Welsh math professor John Dobie lives surrounded by speculation that he may have murdered his wife (he didn't) or pushed her killer down the stairs to his death (he did). Something of a distraction at the college in Wales where he teaches, he is persuaded by the administration to accept the offer of a visiting professorship on the island of Cyprus. There he occupies an apartment that once belonged to Derya Tuner and Adrian Seymour, both former students at Dobie's college, which is available due to Tuner's death and the imprisonment of Seymour, a druggie and failed writer, for her murder. With a gift for wayward thinking, Dobie is charmingly rendered as an innocent abroad, ogling topless bathers, imbibing plenty of exotic drinks and examining Seymour's cryptic and archly literary writings. These disclose infidelity (Dobie himself can vouch for Tuner's ample charms) and puzzle him with references to mythology, ancient masks, sunken mosaics and recent political events on the island. Occasionally weighed down by extended excerpts from the Seymour canon, the rest of the tale is playful, lively and not to be missed.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Offbeat isn't the word for this new adventure of Cardiff math professor John Dobie (The Catalyst, 1991), exiled to Cyprus to take the place of his former student Derya Tner. Bed-hopping Derya, Dobie is told shortly after his arrival, has been smothered by her husband, Nobelist Adrian Seymour, whose loony, rambling confession periodically breaks into the archly witty narrative. But why does Seymour keep harping on the mythical tale of Amphitryon, whose wife, Hercules' mother, was seduced by Zeus in her husband's form? And what does the murder have to do with the disappearance, during a Greek raid 20 years ago, of the entire population of a nearby village and the murder of Uktu Arkin, brother of the present Minister of Education and aspiring President of Cyprus? Beneath Dobie's appealing indifference to everything outside his field (there's a great conversation about Shakespeare's ``Lady Macdougal'') lies an originality that goes deeper than the surface details of this elegantly loopy tale. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
