The Vesuvius Club : A Bit of Fluff (Paperback)

from gonzobrarian

One of the more fascinating things about the cleverly written The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss is that the story's protagonist, Lucifer Box, is a renaissance man extraordinaire. Forget that the story takes place in Edwardian England, or even that Lucifer is a second-rate portraitist and secret ag...

from iftyzaidi

A blurb on the back describes this as "Oscar Wilde meets H. P. Lovecraft" - which sets expectations rather high. At first, I was underwhelmed, finding the writing to be nowhere near as droll as Wilde and nowhere near as eerie as Lovecraft, but as the story moved along and the protagonist, Lucifer...

from lycomayflower

If Ian Fleming and Arthur Conan Doyle somehow had a baby, and then sent it off to be raised by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, it might have grown up to be Lucifer Box, the hero of Mark Gatiss's The Vesuvius Club. Box is an Edwardian-era secret agent, who, when he's not off saving the Realm, is ...

from candlemark

An absolutely amazing book - it's slender, but it's subtle, nuanced, and well worth the read. Fast-paced, engaging, and absolutely hilarious. Some of the villains and motivations seem telegraphed, but there's always a twist to keep you guessing, right up until the very end. Lucifer is one of the ...

from iftyzaidi

A blurb on the back describes this as "Oscar Wilde meets H. P. Lovecraft" - which sets expectations rather high. At first, I was underwhelmed, finding the writing to be nowhere near as droll as Wilde and nowhere near as eerie as Lovecraft, but as the story moved along and the protagonist, Lucifer...