- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: Arrow; Auflage: New edition (6. Februar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0099465248
- ISBN-13: 978-0099414735
- ASIN: 0099414732
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,9 x 11,1 x 3,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (16 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 278.377 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Describe a detective in seedy surroundings, an impulsive young woman, intrigue in high places, and the plot sounds all too familiar. But, name the detective Marcus Didius Falco, place him in first-century Rome, and an entertaining newcomer to fictional detectives is introduced. In 70 A.D., Falco is a cynical observer of himself and society under the new emperor, Vespasian. An encounter with a senator's niece precipitates a sequence of events including murder, plots within the ruling family, and a trip to Britain to uncover thefts in the Roman silver mines. Woven into Falco's adventures are humor, romance, suspense, and clues for the discerning reader. The maps are helpful and even the "Dramatis Personae" is entertaining. Highly recommended for mystery or historical fiction collections.
- Ellen Kaye Stoppel, Drake Univ. Law Lib., Des Moines
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Ellen Kaye Stoppel, Drake Univ. Law Lib., Des Moines
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Rome. AD 70. Private eye Marcus Didius Falco knows his way around the eternal city. He can handle the muggers, the police and most of the girls. But one fresh sixteen-year-old, Sosia Camillina, finds him a case no Roman should be getting his nose into. Some friends, Romans and countrymen are doing a highly profitable, if highly illegal, trade in silver ingots or pigs. For Falco it's the start of a murderous trail that leads far beyond the seven hills.
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I have to say that I was completely surprised to find out that the phrase silver pigs did not actually have anything to do with something being shaped in the form of a pig. Interestingly enough, it had to do with the refinement process of the silver. I did not enjoy this book as much as others for two reasons. The first reason is that I love to be able to play along. In this book, I spent most of my time either looking at historical information or being bogged down in the stupidity of Marcus Didius Falco, the main character. I had no chance or information that would allow me to figure out the murderer. The second reason that I did not feel the same way about this book as I have about others is that I did not like the character of Falco. I have to admit that he was a funny guy, but I thought he was overrated.
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I started reading this book several months ago, but found it so bad that I abandoned a third of the way through. I recently decided to give it a second chance, and this time I managed to get to the end, but it wasn't easy. In fact, it was downright painful at times! Part of it was the absence of any historical 'feel' to a this purportedly historical mystery. No, there weren't any obvious anachronisms (e.g. legionnaires wearing sneakers) or anything like that, but neither is there any serious attempt to represent a time and place that are historically and culturally different from our own. This might as well have been set in modern-day New York and Alaska as in Rome and Roman Britain. Adding to this is the cornball, wannabe hard-boiled dialogue that sounds like a parody of 40's pulp detective fiction-- stuff like: "It's time we took you home, baby." That might be extremely funny in a Mel Brooks comedy sketch set in Rome (had he ever decided to do _History of the World, Part II), but in a purportedly serious historical mystery, I'm only inspired to laugh at it-- not with it.
As for the plot itself, the actual mystery and the detective work involved in unravelling it, well, it's decent enough once Falco actually gets to Britain. Nothing of particularly dazzling complexity or subtlety, and the plot is in no way dependent upon-- or connected to-- the historical setting. But it does, at least, make internal sense and keep up a high enough level of tension that folks who are only only interested in the 'mystery' part of 'historical mystery' (and who couldn't care less about the 'history' part) will probably find something to enjoy in this.
Myself, I didn't enjoy it at all, but maybe my expectations are so high as a result of reading so many authors who actually put the 'historical' in 'historical mystery'-- authors like Ellis Peters, Lynda Robinson, and Steven Saylor. Indeed, for folks who, like me, have read Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series before picking up Davis, I can only say, "Prepare to be disappointed." In terms of recreating a believable, realistic, historical Roman world, Davis is only a pale, pale shadow of Saylor.... at least if this book is any guide.
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SILVER PIGS is the first of a series of mysteries highlighting the adventures of the Roman sleuth Falco and his clever accomplice and lady friend, Helena Justina. The latest, LAST LIGHT IN CORDUBA, is just about to be released in the U.S. Buy it by all means, buy them all, but START WITH THIS ONE.
Lindsey Davis makes one critical mistake in this first outing, but it is nevertheless an engrossing and endearing book--and perhaps my favorite. Her hero, precariously poised between the lower and upper ranks of Imperial Roman society, is the perfect observer of the daily life of what the average person assumes was either a very dusty, dry existence or else extremely sensational, as in I, CLAUDIUS. The truth was probably somewhere in between, and we get it rendered in SILVER PIGS with a gritty realism and a charmingly anachronistic Sam Spade delivery that makes the novel humorous and unforgetable.
Falco has a number of problems in this book--not counting his demanding mother, irritating brothers-in-law, and not terribly hygenic nieces and nephews--the first of which is making ends meet. The fabric of his existence seems held together with cockroaches. It becomes increasingly hard to hold together after he befriends the niece of a Senator, who unwittingly holds the key to a dangerous secret.
It is with the character of Sosia that Davis makes her only significant mistake: Falco and the reader get so very attached to her that when, at the end of the first section, we are forced to part ways with her, it is tempting to put the book down in discouragement.
It is vital that you do not, for that would mean failing to meet Sosia's cousin Helena Justina, who changes everything for both Falco and the reader. The novel's pace picks up considerably after Falco is posted to Britain, of which he says sourly: "If your mapskin has grown ragged at the edges you will have lost it, in which case so much the better is all I can say."
The silver pigs of the title, by the way, are pigs of iron, laced with silver, mined in Britain, and the property of the Emperor. At least, that is the way it is supposed to be...
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Disappointing
After reading Steven Saylor's excellent Roma Sub Rosa series, I looked around for more ancient Roman stuff and sure enough tried the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco novels. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Mai 2007 von Nadia Yar
exhausting and anoying
the book ist a pageturner, but you keep on tournig the pages expacting some exitement, but it won't show;
not realy what I expected
Am 8. Dezember 2005 veröffentlicht
One of the funniest books I have ever read
Marcus Didius Falco is wry, satirical, clever and dirt broke. So when he stumbles into trouble and smells potential profit, he's soon more deeply involved than he ever wanted to be... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Juli 2000 von Gillian Wiseman
A True Roman Mystery
Lindey Davis has a marvelous capacity to make you feel like you are living in Rome of 2000 years ago. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
An amazing piece of historical fiction
This is an absolutely outsanding work on many levels. To begin with, Lindsey Davis brings to life a world which existed 2000 years ago. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Juli 2000 von Katherynne
Great All-Around Book
This book contained mystery, history, and action - adventure. Any Roman History or Mystery or Adventure lover should read this book. You'll enjoy it!
Veröffentlicht am 8. Dezember 1999 von Aaron Maczonis
Dideus Falco - Detective, Romancer, and Roman - A+
This book was the required "travel reading" for my highschool's summer Classics Tour. While in Rome, I was able to envision the city and its ambiance that Dideus Falco... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Fascinating little bits of scholarship. . .
for example, learn the accountancy methods by which Roman emperors tracked their treasure from mine to mint. It's fun.
Am 16. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
Looking for a new author - look no further
The Silver Pigs is Lyndsey Davis first "Marcus Didicus Falco" detective book. It has this loveable rogue dashing from Rome to Ancient England on the trail of the Silver... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht
An author who rises to new heights with each book
Some authors barely get past the glossy, stereotypical vision of ancient Rome that has become par for the course in romances and mysteries; Davis goes straight for the Empire's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. August 1997 von SPQR Blues
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