The Oxford Brotherhood
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By Guillermo Martinez, and and, Alberto Manguel
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Mathematics student G is trying to resurrect his studies, which is proving difficult as he finds himself – and not for the first time – drawn into investigating a series of mysterious crimes.
When Kristen, a researcher hired by the Lewis Carroll Brotherhood, makes a startling new discovery concerning pages torn from Caroll’s diary, she hesitates to reveal to her employers a hitherto unknown chapter in his life. Oxford would be rocked to its core if the truth about Lewis Carroll’s relationship with Alice Liddell – the real Alice – were brought to light.
After Kristen is involved in a surreal accident and members of the Brotherhood are anonymously sent salacious photographs of Alice, G joins forces with Kristen as they begin to realise that dark powers are at work. More pictures are received, and it becomes clear that a murderer is stalking anyone who shows too much interest in Carroll’s life.
G must stretch his mathematical mind to its limits to solve the mystery and understand the cryptic workings of the Brotherhood. Until then, nobody, not even G, is safe. A thrilling novel from the author of The Oxford Murders, inspired by true, strange stories from Caroll’s life, The Oxford Brotherhood is sure to make you curiouser and curiouser.
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This was intriguing and well written and, well translated. Translated novels can sometimes have a slightly stilted air to them but this didn't. Martinez is a mathematician and the novel has a somewhat complex element to it at times as formulas and mathematical logic is brought into play but this murder mystery, based on the real life mystery of a missing page in Lewis Carroll's diaries and abrupt ending of relations with the Liddell family, whose daughter, Alice, was immortalised in Alice in Wonderland, kept you guessing at every page turn.
