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Oracle by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Oracle (edition 2006)

by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Author), Christine Feddersen-Manfredi (Translator)

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Phenomenally successful novelist Valerio Massimo Manfredi's modern thriller inspired by an ancient prophecy.1973. Professor Periklis Harvatis, working alone and late into the night on an important archaeological dig, unearths a magnificent golden vase upon which the enigmatic images of a long-lost second Odyssey are engraved, showing the mystery of Ulysses' final voyage. But in the very same chamber, the Professor sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later he dies . . . but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase. Ten years later, a series of gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a Greek woman, on the same night as Professor Harvatis's discovery, is perplexing the authorities. Each atrocity is accompanied by a dire quotation from the ancient sources, exposing an ingeniously cruel mind. Who is behind these murders? How are these two events connected? And what is the significance of the age-old prophecy of the Odyssey?… (more)
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Title:Oracle
Authors:Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Author)
Other authors:Christine Feddersen-Manfredi (Translator)
Info:Pan Publishing (2006), Edition: Unabridged, Paperback, 200 pages
Collections:Your library, Read, To be reviewed, Shelf STBW09
Rating:****
Tags:Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Poca suspense,personaggi poco caratterizzati,finale banale.Se l'avessi letto senza sapere chi fosse l'autore,non l'avrei sicuramente attribuito a Manfredi. ( )
  AlessandraEtFabio | Dec 22, 2017 |
Buon libro, raccontato bene, molta suspence, me lo sono goduto quasi fino alla fine... perchè il finale a me non è piaciuto molto, ma questa è una considerazione soggettiva.
Una nota di demerito: mi aspettavo un terzo volume della serie "Il mio nome è Nessuno", invece mi son trovato una riedizione di un libro del 1990 fatto passare come terzo volume della serie. Questo è un comportamento scorretto verso i lettori, una mera operazione commerciale dell'editore. ( )
  maxliscia | Aug 7, 2017 |
A blood thirsty novel with a complex plot of murders that reminded me of Scandinavian murder mysteries but in a warmer climate. The action constantly links back to the tales of Odysseus and other Greek stories from the past. The action starts in the Polytechnic demonstration and the battle with the military police in 1973 is clearly portrayed and the authors notes say this has been put together as accurately as possible. We then move ten years on and although the military junta has now gone, the way of working is deeply ingrained in the police officers who are still in their jobs. A group of four young people from different countries get caught up in polytechnic battle and are taken to the police station and dealt with extremely cruelly and ten years later it seems revenge is being taken, each death accompanied by a cryptic message.
The Commander is an enigmatic figure who looms through the novel and Manfredi confuses the reader, so I was constantly unsure if he was working for good or evil.
An engaging and compelling read. ( )
  CarolKub | May 17, 2013 |
Easy to read, pleasurable book. ( )
  sbordage | Jun 13, 2010 |
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My name is Nobody: mother, father and friends, everyone calls me Nobody.

Homer, Odyssey IX, 366-7
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For Christos and Alexandra Mitropoulos
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The tips of the fir trees trembled suddenly.
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Phenomenally successful novelist Valerio Massimo Manfredi's modern thriller inspired by an ancient prophecy.1973. Professor Periklis Harvatis, working alone and late into the night on an important archaeological dig, unearths a magnificent golden vase upon which the enigmatic images of a long-lost second Odyssey are engraved, showing the mystery of Ulysses' final voyage. But in the very same chamber, the Professor sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later he dies . . . but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase. Ten years later, a series of gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a Greek woman, on the same night as Professor Harvatis's discovery, is perplexing the authorities. Each atrocity is accompanied by a dire quotation from the ancient sources, exposing an ingeniously cruel mind. Who is behind these murders? How are these two events connected? And what is the significance of the age-old prophecy of the Odyssey?

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November 1973, Professor Periklis Harvatis, working alone and late into the night on an important archaeological dig, unearths a magnificent golden vase upon which the enigmatic images of a long-lost second Odyssey are engraved, showing the mystery of Ulysses' final voyage. But in the bleak chamber where he finds it he sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later, a broken man, he is dead...but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase.
Ten years on, and a series of violently gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a beautiful Greek woman, ont he same night as Professor Harvatis's discovery, is perplexing the authorities. Each atrocity is accompanied by a dire quotation from the ancient sources, exposing an ingeniously cruel mind.
Who is behind these murders? How are these two events connected? And what is the significance of the age-old prophecy of the Odyssey?
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