The Ghost Orchid

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• The Ghost Orchid-- book review

  The Ghost Orchid Carol Goodman Ballantine Paperback 368 pages April 2007 This eerie tale melds past and present, the history of Bosco, an exotic estate in upstate New York, of much interest to a new generation of writers and artists. Bosco has become ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

• Bookreporter.com - THE GHOST ORCHID by Carol Goodman

  " I came to Bosco for the quiet. That's what it's famous for…. Even Bosco's legendary silence won't be able to still the voice in my head." That's the first and the last of Chapter One. And it presages a sinister story about to unfold. A group of art ... (read full critics)

  bookreporter published on Sun, 29 Aug 2010

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  After the mesmerizing "Lake of the dead languages" this is only the second book by Mrs Goodman that I manage to read, but I've got all the others lined up now! Anyway, I was again positively impressed by the rich and vivid writing syle, which is never banal and employs an above average vocabulary; n ... (continue)

  After the mesmerizing "Lake of the dead languages" this is only the second book by Mrs Goodman that I manage to read, but I've got all the others lined up now! Anyway, I was again positively impressed by the rich and vivid writing syle, which is never banal and employs an above average vocabulary; not to mention the latin references as well as hints at characters and facts from the past. The "Ghost Orchid" is actually a book within a book, with two parallel stories intertwining page after page until the finally merge in the last chapters. The supernatural element is what makes me adore such books and it's presented in a very skillful way. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more by this author!

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• English Books
• Hardcover 579 Pages
• Edition: Largeprint
• ISBN-10: 1597221945
• ISBN-13: 9781597221948
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
• Pub date: May 10, 2006
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 150 mm x 30 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others

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