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"e;A master storyteller."e; - New York Times Book Review On Night's Shore brings us deep into the troubled psyche of Edgar Allan Poe and the power struggle between the sleazy underbelly and the business elite of nineteenth-century New York City.Standing on the grimy banks of the Hudson River, street urchin Augie Dubbins spots a young woman toss her baby into the water, then jump in herself. As the only witness to the tragedy, Augie sees an opportunity to make a few pennies recounting show more the events, and in doing so encounters a struggling young journalist named Edgar Allan Poe, a poet and newspaper hack whose penchant for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time has earned him more than a few enemies. When the unlikely duo discover the body of yet another young woman shortly after, they become entrapped in a mire of murder, greed, and power that stretches from the Five Points slums to the gleaming heights of Fifth Avenue.Additional Praise for On Night's Shore:"e;A riveting tale of murder and betrayal... On Night's Shore drips with descriptive power."e; - New York Post show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- On Night's Shore
- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Augie Dubbins; Edgar Allan Poe; Virginia Poe; Mrs. Clemm; Mary Rogers
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- Dedication
- This book,
every book,
every breath,
is for Rita and Bret and Nathan. - First words
- The baby came sailing out of the window like a spider unwinding its silk, spinning down, slowly turning, an elegy in free fall.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Respite," he whispered as if trying it out, testing its sound, and a moment later the fire in his eyes flared once more, "respite and nepenthe," as if he had just then discovered it, something important, the answer, or maybe just the elusive phrase, and he went back to his work then, mouth set in a thin, hard smile, head bowed as in prayer, while the rain drummed and his pen scratched on and a single lock of hair as black as a raven's feather hung over one bright and restless eye.
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