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050	0	0	_aPR6051.C64 _bF35 2008
082	0	0	_aFIC ACK
100	1		_aAckroyd, Peter _d, 1949-
245	1	4	_aThe fall of Troy _b: a novel _c/ Peter Ackroyd.
250			_a1st Anchor Books ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Anchor Books _c, 2008.
300			_a212 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aMiddle-aged German bachelor of means seeks mail-order Greek bride to assist in the archaeological search for the lost city of Troy. At first glance, the premise of this novel requires a stretch of the imagination. But in the hands of an experienced writer such as Ackroyd (The Lambs of London), all of the sights and sounds and events are entirely plausible. Without wasting space on descriptive prose, the dialog paints the landscape and propels the action of the relatively few characters that inhabit the story. Central is Herr Heinrich Obermann, the German archaeologist and new bridegroom, who is both boisterous and audacious in a Teddy Roosevelt meets P.T. Barnum kind of way. Packed with references to the legends of the gods and goddesses, this unexpectedly humorous novel moves quite rapidly while at the same time slowly unearthing a mystery. Like an antiquity that might be found among the stones, this book is a small gem in the impressive pantheon of Ackroyd's work, which encompasses fiction, nonfiction, biography, and poetry.
650		0	_aArchaeologists _x--Fiction
650			_aWomen archaeologists _v--Fiction
651		0	_aTroy (extinct city) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
942			_cMO
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