The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Louis Bayard
• Title: The Pale Blue Eye
• Publisher: ‎ Harper Collins Publishers; First Edition (May 23, 2006)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/ Plastic Library Dust Jacket‏ Covering – 415 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0060733977
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0060733971
• Item Weight: ‎ 1 pound
• Dimensions: ‎ 6 x 1.33 x 9 inches
• Condition: New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Library Dust Jacket – Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe—from the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.

At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart.

Augustus Landor—who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective—is called in to discreetly investigate. It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected ally—a moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling.

The strange and haunted Southern poet, for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection, is named Edgar Allan Poe.

About the Author:

In the words of the New York Times, Louis Bayard “reinvigorates historical fiction,” rendering the past “as if he’d witnessed it firsthand.”

His acclaimed novels include The Pale Blue Eye, adapted into the global #1 Netflix release starring Christian Bale, Jackie & Me, ranked by the Washington Post as one of the top novels of 2022, the national bestseller Courting Mr. Lincoln, Roosevelt's Beast, The School of Night, The Black Tower, and Mr. Timothy, as well as the highly praised young-adult novel, Lucky Strikes.

A New York Times Notable author, he has been nominated for both the Edgar and Dagger awards, and his story, “Banana Triangle Six,” was chosen for The Best American Mystery Stories.

His reviews and articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Salon.

An instructor at George Washington University, he is the chair of the PEN/Faulkner Awards and was the author of the popular Downton Abbey recaps for the New York Times.

His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.