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Original Title:	La tabla de Flandes
ISBN:	0156029588 (ISBN13: 9780156029582)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Madrid(Spain) Madrid,1990(Spain)
Literary Awards:	Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Romans étrangers (1993), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1996)

The Flanders Panel Paperback | Pages: 295 pages

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Title	:	The Flanders Panel
Author	:	Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 295 pages
Published	:	June 7th 2004 by Mariner Books (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Crime. European Literature. Spanish Literature

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While restoring a 15th-century painting which depicts a chess game between the Duke of Flanders and his knight, Julia, a young art expert, discovers a hidden inscription in the corner: Quis Necavit Equitem. Translation: Who killed the knight? Breaking the silence of five centuries, Julia's hunt for a Renaissance murderer leads her into a modern-day game of sin, betrayal, and death.

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excellent! I love this blend of top shelf entertainment, intrigue and mystery which at the same time informs the reader of the mores of the Art World, the in and outs of restoring paintings, and, most prominently, the game of chess. As mediocre a player as I am, I was still able to follow the descriptions and logic of the moves and the use of a 500 year old chess game that is relevant to the mystery unfolding before us is just flat-out clever.Reverte also wrote The Club Dumas, another book that

I wanted so badly to love this book.The simplest way to describe it is the novelisation of Douglas Hofstadter's opus, "Godel, Escher, Bach." In fact, it is impossible to believe that Perez-Reverte had finished G.E.B. more than ten minutes before furiously scribing "The Flanders Panel."I wanted to love it because I love books based on puzzles and logic, and GEB may be one of my favorite books of all time.But the novel is just so weak. The characters (caricatures?) were flat and absurd - how many

My friend Cathy (also a chessplayer) told me I had to read this, and she was indeed right. I couldn't put it down, and finished it in about a day. It's... well, what is it? I read it as a kind of postmodernist reimagining of Alice Through The Looking-Glass. Other books I immediately thought of were The Name of the Rose, Gödel, Escher, Bach and Luzhin's Defense. Formally, it's a very stylized murder mystery. Julia, the sexy but childlike Alice figure, is a Madrid art restorer. She receives an



I found this book very tedious, from the turgid writing style (translated too literally from the original Spanish, I suspect) to the excessively detailed chess expositions to the surprisingly boring analyses of the medieval mystery of the white knight's death. The misogyny and homophobia throughout the book are problematic too. It was interesting enough to keep reading, but unappealing enough that I regret having stuck with it.

Overall, I liked this fine. Characters had real depth, were idiosyncratic, querky, troubled, colourful, and well-developed. The plot was complex, and Arturo managed to create an unusual whodunit by peppering his detective story with elements from the arcane worlds of reverse-chess and philosophy of perception. Beginning to sound a little bit weird? Yes that is also what I thought. Sure, Arturo differentiates himself from the pack by writing something I might call a "literary thriller". But I

I don't remember how I got a hold of this book, but one day I found it while cleaning my bookshelves.The book started off pretty good, captivating mystery and murder story, reminded me of The Da Vinci Code a little. But boy, by the middle of the book the story was getting weirder and weirder and the ending was completely unrealistic and unbelievable. I would not recommend this book at all. If you want a good mystery book, try The Da Vinci Code. If you want a good murder book, any of Agatha