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Book SynopsisTells a suspenseful tale of perversity and loss. This book features an engrossing and sophisticated thriller that closely observes the mores, obsessions, and excesses of two temporally distinct yet surprisingly intimate worlds.
Trade ReviewThis is a novel of which we have not seen the like since Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. -- Bernard-Henri Levy Le Point Julia Kristeva gives us a stimulating, joyous book. In a word, a great Byzantine novel. -- Christine Rousseau Le Monde Readers will enjoy this concoction, which falls squarely in the Eco/Perez-Reverte tradition of mystery with a moral. Kirkus This is no 'novel'...It is inflammatory, argumentative, ranting, full of history, prose suggestion, education... and a relay of truth. -- Tony Gurney New Criminologist There are philosophical observations, trenchant comments and deep historical events in this book, but it's also a lot of old-fashioned fun. -- Margaret Cannon Globe and Mail It's a book chock-full of ideas and experiments. Irish Times Kristeva doesn't skimp on plot or suspense... Buy it for the Dan Brown fan in your life. -- Matt Thorne The Independent Online Edition Murder in Byzantium is an intriguing and bold venture... A real Kristevan joy ride. -- Adi Drori-Avraham The Liberal
