Immerhin beweist der Autor, der in seinen späteren Jason-Kolarich-Romanen (Der Mann im Schatten/Der falsche Mann) nur noch Mafia- bzw. Rechstradikalenschießbudenfiguren aufbietet, die seinem Helden aus Zufall oder Unfähigkeit nicht wirklich gefährlich werden können, in diesem Buch ungewohnt viel Konsequenz in Sachen Tragik und Vermeidung von billigen Häppie Endinx. Oh dear, I am so glad I wasn't born during the Middle Ages. Karen Maitland makes you feel like you are there, with all the superstition, filth, disease and hypocrisy of the church that defined the time. The poor suffer mightily. The company that we find ourselves with are traveling merchants of a sort, the homeless and wretched who have come together for safety against the weather, the pestilence, (plague has broken out) and vicious robbers that roam the land.

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In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. I would end by saying that this book had a lot going for it but it was not folDavid Ellis is a lawyer and the Edgar Allan Poe Award winner for Best First Novel for Line of Vision. Ellis attended Northwestern Law School and began his legal career in private practice in Chicago in 1993. He served as the House Prosecutor who tried and convicted Illinois Governor Blagojevich in the Impeachment Trial before the Illinois Senate. He was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court in 2014 and took office December 1, 2014. Ellis currently lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children. Undeniably, “Company of Liars” has a fairy tale foundation with recognizable elements (trolls, witches, wolves) but on an adult level (for example: robbers living under bridges that collect tolls --- clear a troll). Again though, don’t expect a fantasy novel as “Company of Liars” is certainly not that; but there are subtle hints of childhood tales from the dark side. I'm not saying all Medieval people should be depicted as absolute brutes, but in this book there is one particular character (out of 9) who is openly sexist, homophobic and antisemitic, and he is the one depicted as a terribly bad person in general, while most of the others seem pretty open-minded even by today's standards. Sure, we can imagine that there's a very specific set of characters, not representative of the whole population, but then, I don't know, maybe they could meet some of the population? I mean, the majority of my parents' generation are (sadly) pretty sexist and homophobic, but they're not all mustache-twirling, throat-slashing movie villains! For God's sake, my own grandmother thinks that red-haired children are born evil and she is literate and watches TV! There's not a better way to end the year of great reads in 2008 than to end it with Karen Maitland's first book, Company of Liars. This book has everything: love, death, friendship, witchcraft, deception...it's a little historical fiction mixed with a little fantasy rolled in to one yummy nugget of a novel.

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Why did I read this book: A few weeks ago, I heard about Karen Maitland’s upcoming release The Falcons of Fire and Ice which is set in Portugal and Iceland – and I thought to myself, this book sounds (and looks) awesome. So, I looked it up and saw her previous books, and remembered being vaguely curious about them before. Since I was in the mood to read historical/medieval stories over my recent holidays, I got Company of Liars to try it out. I had never felt so alone. I was in the deadlands, the limbo where souls wander nameless and formless, unable to speak or to touch. And in that blind silence I knew it was not the nature of death that frightened me; it was what lay beyond, not Heaven, not Hell, but spirit without a form, without a place to be. I would be nowhere. I would be nothing. [Chapter 26]” The books many threads made this more challenging to review, was it a retelling of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' – yes kind off sort off. Then I settled on it being an enthralling story of mystery and intrigue inspired by Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' but darker. But what is it?Im Namen der Lüge. Thriller. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Alexander Wagner. Originaltitel: In the Company of Liars.

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I enjoyed this book for the most part. I agree that it feels more like historical fiction only to change to horror/thriller. I had a big dose of the heebie jeebies reading the last few chapters. I Am Not Calling You A LIAR But You And Truth Are Rarely Seen Together: Lined Humor Notebook/Journal, Funny Joke Journal, Original Stuff, Perfect Gag Gift For Mom, Siblings, Father, Co-workers The novelist who commits suicide is Allison Pagone, likely to be convicted of the murder of her lover, Sam Dillon, a partner in a lobbying firm with Allison’s ex-husband. But her death isn’t all it seems. It was murder, made to look like a suicide. The killer? A Pakistani terrorist who has a plot—or two or three—of his own. Read this book in 2011, and its a standalone book about ordinary people during the outbreak of the Plague.I killed him because he was a priest, because it is priests and pardoners who destroy the young and the beautiful, the innocent and the helpless. Christ showed us compassion. He showed us God's mercy, but they use his name to torment those they should care for. They make them ashamed of what is beautiful. They make them despise them and their own body. Guest Author: Karen Maitland on Inspirations & Influences | The Book Smugglers August 13, 2012 at 2:57 am My favorite quote: "Home is the place you return to when you have finally lost your soul. Home is the place where life is born, not the place of your birth, but the place where you seek rebirth". - Camelot A major issue with “Company of Liars” is the unnatural ease with which the characters accept each other and their mysteries. Yes, there are arguments and disagreements but overall, the loyalties of the strangers to each other are a bit difficult to digest. On the other hand, this adds to the foggy, mysterious allure of “Company of Liars”. When a murderer their victim's corpse the wounds open and bleed again to show everyone who the murderer is. That means that one of you must have murdered him, doesn't it?”