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What Time Devours (2009)

by A.J. Hartley(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425226239 (ISBN13: 9780425226230)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Berkley

review 1: The underlying premise of this book is that Shakespeare wrote another play entitled, Love's Labours Won. If he did, a lot of the characters in this book are searching for it. The main character is Thomas Knight, a high school English teacher, estranged from his wife Kumi, who announces that she has cancer. On medical leave, he travels to England and begins an odyssey of search for the book. It develops into incidents of violence before the search is resolved.
review 2: This is just the type of suspense novel I love. An ordinary citizen accidentally gets involved in something that becomes dangerous. You do have to suspense belief a bit...since when does a school teacher have the ability to just jump on a plane (we all know that flights are hugely expensive... more when you don't book in advance) and run around England? No one I know has that kind of money. Aside from that, I enjoyed the story.Thomas Knight is a high school teacher. He never did finish his theses on Shakespeare in college, though was always fascinated with the topic. One day an old student approaches him with the idea that there could be a lost Shakespeare play and he wants to share it with the world. The next day the student ends up dead. In a related matter, the writer who was to help him get it published and written into a screenplay turns up dead as well. Coincidence? Maybe there is a lost Shakespeare play. And someone else wants it. Or maybe they want to make sure it never sees the light of day. Who could it be? And what is there motive? Thomas takes a series of journeys to various Shakespearean conferences and places in England associated with him to try to find out if there ever could be such a thing as what his student suggested. The play was thought to be titled Loves Labor Won, the sequel to a known play named Loves Labor Lost.I thought it might be boring since Shakespeare's writing doesn't do much for me. But fortunately, the story doesn't really discuss his writings or attempt to analyze much, it is mostly all about finding out about Shakespeare's biography if something could have been produced and then tracking down who ever is now following Thomas. They are hoping he leads them to the play, if such exists.An interesting tale that is surprisingly fast-paced, witty dialogue, and great action. A fun story for those who like writing and history. Right up my alley. less

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