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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Guilfoile propels a cast of stock characters through a plot from the school of "The DaVinci Code." He manages to breathe life into his Vegas-Chicago players with some close observation on people and scenery, but his clever Pythagorean conspiracy seems too broad for any writer to triangulate. Guilfoile (I defy you to spell that name after seeing it only once) is another The Morning News staffer with a novel out, and The Thousand is his second. If you haven't seen the videotrailer for the book, go find it now. Guilfoile counts to one thousand, number by number, but the video lasts only two minutes. It's fun to watch. The Thousand has been described as The DaVinci Code for people who care about the material that goes into their head. Having read both, I can tell you that the Thousand is much, much better than TDaVC. Bonus: the antagonist isn't some masochistic, paperthin religionist. In fact, the Thousand's antagonists are a world-wide conspiracy of Pythagoreans who control the world with numbers. Interesting note: I read this book at the same time I listened to Michael Lewis's The Big Short, which is also about a group of oligarchic conspiracists, and I have to say that the experience left me feeling rather anxious for a few months. In a good way. I found the premise quite intriguing, enough to keep the story going for me, though I found the trials of Wayne to be a little over the top. The climax seemed a little contrived (I don't want to spoil it, as I DO think it worth a reading, so I'll leave it at that). All in all, a great concept in the vein of the Da Vinci Code. This book isn't for everyone, but I certainly enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the Da Vinci Code, which this book certainly reminded me of (Except that it featured Pythagoras rather than Da Vinci and a secret society of mathematicians rather than Catholic priests. And the writing was better overall.).I wish that it had concentrated more on Canada and Wayne, since I didn't feel I got to know them as well as their key roles in the book would justify. It simply wasn't a character oriented book.The conspiracy and convoluted schemes were simply crazy. That's the fun of the book, but if you don't have patience for bizarre twists and unlikely turns, this isn't for you.
Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML: In 500 BC, a mysterious ship appeared off the coast of what is now Italy. A man disembarked to address the frightened crowd along the shore. He called himself Pythagoras, and when he was done speaking, a thousand men and women abandoned their lives to follow him; his disciples would influence western philosophy, science, and mathematics for all time. Chicago, the present. Solomon Gold has tapped into valuable and dangerous secrets while composing his magnum opus: the Gold Completion of Mozart's infamous unfinished requiem. After he is murdered, his brilliant daughterâ??a girl whose uncanny mental gifts have left her both powerful and troubledâ??finds herself racing to understand his composition, his murder, and, as violence erupts all around her, a fractured, ancient cult descended from the original disciples of Pythagoras. The Thousand is ringing confirmation of Kevin Guilfoile's enormous talent No library descriptions found.
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