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Highlights
- This brilliant recasting of the classic story The Count of Monte Cristo centers on Ned Maddstone, a happy, charismatic, Oxford-bound seventeen-year-old whose rosy future is virtually pre-ordained.
- About the Author: Stephen Fry is the author of three previous novels and a memoir.
- 336 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
Called "great fun" by "The Washington Post" and "a heart-stopping yarn" by "Newsday, " Fry's first thriller is his most commercial novel yet and a brilliant recasting of the classic story "The Count of Monte Cristo."Book Synopsis
This brilliant recasting of the classic story The Count of Monte Cristo centers on Ned Maddstone, a happy, charismatic, Oxford-bound seventeen-year-old whose rosy future is virtually pre-ordained. Handsome, confident, and talented, newly in love with bright, beautiful Portia, his father an influential MP, Ned leads a charmed life. But privilege makes him an easy target for envy, and in the course of one day Ned's destiny is forever altered. A promise made to a dying teacher combined with a prank devised by a jealous classmate mutates bewilderingly into a case of mistaken arrest and incarceration. Ned finds himself a political prisoner in a nightmarish exile that lasts years, until a fellow inmate reawakens Ned's intellect and resurrects his will to live. The chilling consequences of Ned's recovery are felt worldwide.Review Quotes
"[Fry] has once again proven that he is an entertainer of the very first rank." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "It's an old story...but Fry...has the wit and erudition to make it run like a well-made pocket watch. Be warned: the vengeance promised by the title has an unabashedly nasty flavor that's distinctly British and quite refreshing."--Newsweek "In his first attempt at thriller writing, British actor-novelist Stephen Fry doesn't stumble at all....Revenge is sweet." --People "A brisk thriller...smooth, clever, bittersweet, and dramatically entertaining." --The Seattle Times
About the Author
Stephen Fry is the author of three previous novels and a memoir. As an actor he has been featured in numerous films, including Gosford Park, A Civil Action, and Wilde, in which he played the title role, and in such popular English TV series as Jeeves and Wooster, Black Adder, and A Bit of Fry and Laurie. He lives in London.Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 336
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Stephen Fry
Language: English
Street Date: May 13, 2003
TCIN: 90812147
UPC: 9780812968194
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-8339
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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