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Latinist : A Novel by Mark Prins (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393541274
ISBN-139780393541274
eBay Product ID (ePID)20050067460
Product Key Features
Book TitleLatinist : a Novel
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicPsychological, Thrillers / Psychological, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorMark Prins
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-037031
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsWithin the first few pages of this book, I knew I was in the hands of a masterful storyteller. The Latinist is imaginative, propulsive, and wildly intelligent. What a joy to encounter a thrilling and singular new voice in fiction.--Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest and Good Company The Latinist is a novel about love and scholarship, ego and obsession, coercion and consent--a brilliant, marvelously infuriating puzzle of a book that combines the globe-trotting exploits of The DaVinci Code with the smarts and literary gifts of A.S. Byatt. A terrific debut!--Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement Brainy and deftly plotted, The Latinist enchants with its deft inversions of power, its witty poetic inventions, and its passion for languages old and new. A lovely debut.--Andrea Barrett, author of Archangel and The Air We Breathe In The Latinist , Mark Prins weaves together an extremely contemporary plot--an American academic caught up in the machinations of her advisor at Oxford--with a much older plot--the discovery of a second century Roman poet. The two thrillingly intertwine and the result is a wonderfully suspenseful novel. The Latinist is a brilliant debut.--Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field The Latinist is a whip-smart tale of obsession that teeters on the knife-edge of suspense and literary fiction; Mark Prins is a worthy successor to Patricia Highsmith, Donna Tartt, and Ian McEwan.--Alexandra Andrews, author of Who Is Maud Dixon? With its ambitious young scholar, an ancient tomb, and a scheming advisor, The Latinist is a twisty and memorable new addition to the campus-novel genre. Mark Prins propels you through his tale of breakthroughs and retribution while delivering a sharp commentary on power dynamics in academia. A cunning and insightful read--I couldn't put it down.--Maria Hummel, author of Still Lives and Lesson in Red, This cerebral thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.... Prins' analysis of the toxic relationship between advisor and student is nuanced and thoughtful.... The Latinist succeeds as both literary fiction and thriller; it is every bit as suspenseful as it is intellectually intriguing, with many of the features of A.S. Byatt's Possession., Ingenious.... a superb literary suspense novel that calls to mind an earlier such debut, Donna Tartt's The Secret History.... Like the classics that inspire it, The Latinist is an inventive wedding of the elegant and the barbaric., Mark Prins weaves together an extremely contemporary plot--an American academic caught up in the machinations of her advisor at Oxford--with a much older plot--the discovery of a second-century Roman poet. The two thrillingly intertwine and the result is a wonderfully suspenseful novel. The Latinist is a brilliant debut., An engrossing psychological thriller.... an absorbing drama about obsession, abuse of power and intimate violence., Propulsive.... a campus novel turned psychological thriller.... The novel invites us to see Tessa as Daphne, manipulated by but ultimately escaping Eccles's Apollo, yet it also asks us: what happens to her humanity along the way?, Brilliant.... Delves deep to question the blurring line between love and obsession, between a yearning for truth and a desire of power., A devilishly clever and terrifically entertaining campus novel/philological whodunnit that also happens to be a brilliantly sly riff on Ovid's Apollo & Daphne.... A remarkably polished and skillful first novel., Within the first few pages of this book, I knew I was in the hands of a masterful storyteller. The Latinist is imaginative, propulsive, and wildly intelligent. What a joy to encounter a thrilling and singular new voice in fiction., Prins's riveting tale of love, power, and possession matches deep characterization with an intriguing plot involving ancient texts, necropolises, and archaeological sites. Fans of academic thrillers will dig this., Darkly disturbing and luminously told.... Every twist is delicious and every turn breathtaking as Mark Prins's devilish debut revels in a scholarly world of cunning, ruthlessness, and dangerous obsession. Funny, erudite, and utterly absorbing, this is a merciless tale to be relished like a guilty pleasure., The Latinist is a whip-smart tale of obsession that teeters on the knife-edge of suspense and literary fiction; Mark Prins is a worthy successor to Patricia Highsmith, Donna Tartt, and Ian McEwan., Prins's confident, engrossing debut novel.... contains more than enough twists to keep you turning the page until the very end., Brainy and deftly plotted, The Latinist enchants with its deft inversions of power, its witty poetic inventions, and its passion for languages old and new. A lovely debut., A novel about love and scholarship, ego and obsession, coercion and consent--a brilliant, marvelously infuriating puzzle of a book that combines the globe-trotting exploits of The Da Vinci Code with the smarts and literary gifts of A. S. Byatt. A terrific debut!, With its ambitious young scholar, an ancient tomb, and a scheming advisor, The Latinist is a twisty and memorable new addition to the campus-novel genre. Mark Prins propels you through his tale of breakthroughs and retribution while delivering a sharp commentary on power dynamics in academia. A cunning and insightful read--I couldn't put it down.
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Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisOne of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022 Selection A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession., Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career--and realizes their relationship is not at all what she believed. Driven by what he mistakes as love for Tessa, Chris has ensured that no other institution will offer her a position, keeping her at Oxford with him. His tactics grow more invasive as he determines to prove he has her best interests at heart. Meanwhile, Tessa scrambles to undo the damage--and in the process makes a startling discovery about an obscure second-century Latin poet that could launch her into academic stardom, finally freeing her from Chris's influence. A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession., Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career-and realizes their relationship is not at all what she believed. Driven by what he mistakes as love for Tessa, Chris has ensured that no other institution will offer her a position, keeping her at Oxford with him. His tactics grow more invasive as he determines to prove he has her best interests at heart. Meanwhile, Tessa scrambles to undo the damage-and in the process makes a startling discovery about an obscure second-century Latin poet that could launch her into academic stardom, finally freeing her from Chris's influence. A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession.
LC Classification NumberPS3616.R554L38 2022
