{"product_id":"murder-in-byzantium-9780231136365","title":"Murder in Byzantium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400222450007,"sku":"9780231136365","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/murder-in-byzantium-9780231136365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}