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Iago: A Novel (2012)

by David Snodin(Favorite Author)

2.98 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0805093702 (ISBN13: 9780805093704)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: I cannot think of a work of Shakespeare's that I have not enjoyed and when I received Iago by David Snodin, I was quite enthusiastic. Iago is, in this reviewers opinion, Shakespeare's greatest villain and I have lost count how many times I have read Othello, so I could not wait to see where Snodin would take the character of Iago. Unfortunately I did not care for this book, as much as I had hoped I would, however, I do believe Snodin did an exceptional job with the historical details of the book. While this book did not live up to my expectations, I would recommend it to fans of Shakespeare's Othello
review 2: Haven't read The Bard's "Othello" but am enjoying this version of the story. Iago here is a murderer, but of a sympathetic sort. The story is told b... morey a love struck boy of fifteen whose life gets completely entangled with Iago, due mostly by the machinations of the Inquisitor General of Venice. He is imprisoned and tortured (but not too much) and thrown in the same cell as Iago.. With the help of the Inquisitor, the two make an escape, and it is the youth's charge to find out what makes the killer "tick". Why does he murder, the Inquisitor wants to know. He is a man who is more interested in the 'why" of things than in prosecuting the deeds. Though this is the late 1500s and torture is an okay kind of thing to do, guilty or not guilty. Cheney would have loved living back then, I'm sure. I give the novel an A-/A. less

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