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Murder in the Museum of Man A Norman de Ratour Mystery

by Alfred Alcorn

ISBN13: 9781581952308
ISBN10: 1581952309
Condition: Standard

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Dean Cranston Fessing, dispatched from Wainscott University to investigate the finances of the neighboring Museum of Man, has been murdered. Not only that, but his grisly remains bear the unmistakable mark of preparation as haute cuisine. Norman de Ratour, museum recording secretary and unlikely sleuth, sets out to uncover a bubbling cauldron of clues in this hilarious satire of academic life and contemporary social issues, a stew of murder, cannibalism, political posturing. and high camp.

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Alfred Alcorn is also the author of the second Norman de Ratour Mystery, The Love Potion Murders in the Museum of Man, and former director of travel at Harvard Universitys Museum of Natural History. He lives in Belmont, Masschusetts.

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`	Kristen M , March 02, 2010 (view all comments by Kristen M) I first read this book about 10 years ago and I remembered really liking it. When I recently re-read it, I was rather bored. The book was written by an ex-museum employee so I'm sure that there were a lot of caricatures that would be hilarious to museum-types but to me it just seemed like a lot of self-important, flat characters. As I was reading I kept hoping for things to escalate a bit more but they never quite did to my satisfaction.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9781581952308
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 01/01/2009
Publisher:: STEERFORTH PRESS
Series info:: Norman de Ratour Mystery
Pages:: 304
Height:: 8.48 in.
Width:: 5.50 in.
Thickness:: .69 in.
Series:: Norman de Ratour Mystery
Grade Range:: General/trade
Number of Units:: 1
UPC Code:: 2801581952300
Author:: Alfred Alcorn
Subject:: Mystery-A to Z
Subject:: Museums
Subject:: Mystery fiction

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