Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Too many clues, too little puzzle
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Too many clues, too little puzzle
Do you wish to request the book?
Too many clues, too little puzzle
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Newspaper Article
Too many clues, too little puzzle
2009
Overview
When the academy's star student is murdered, the others quickly lose interest and Salvatrio is the last man standing. The new acolyte is then thrown into the deep end when [Renato Craig] falls ill and Salvatrio has to represent him at the first gathering of the Twelve Detectives at the 1889 World Fair in Paris. For the erstwhile cobbler from Buenos Aires, Paris is a strange world, with the future on display. Its greatest landmark is Gustave Eiffel's outrageous tower of steel and air. Surrounded by the other detectives and their colourful acolytes, Salvatrio is soon engulfed in their increasingly esoteric arguments about what image best defines the work of a detective. A jigsaw puzzle? A painting in the style of Guiseppe Arcimboldo? A riddle? A magic slate? Or a blank page? True to its Borgesian pedigree, words are crucial to the solution of the puzzle in The Paris Enigma, not only in Salvatrio's retelling of some of the detectives' cases, but also in the knowledge that he only knows about them from what he read in Key to Crime, and that these themselves were versions written by the acolytes at one remove.
Publisher
News Limited
Subject
