by Dan Simmons · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266229357
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«Drood» is the mystery and historical fiction novel by Dan Simmons, published by Pocket in paperback (1216 pages, in French).
In 1865, Charles Dickens survives a train accident and believes he sees among the injured a sinister figure named Drood. He tells his friend and rival Wilkie Collins; both roam Victorian London after that figure while Collins, addicted to laudanum, confuses reality and hallucination.
Original work from 2009, nominee for the Goodreads Choice Award for fiction; the French edition, translated by Odile Demange, was published in December 2012.
For fans of gothic and historical mystery novels, Victorian London, and fictionalized versions of Dickens.
Daniel Joseph Simmons was an American science fiction and horror writer. He was the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also wrote mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.
