Download PDF The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell Dustin Thomason
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The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell Dustin Thomason
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From Publishers Weekly
Caldwell and Thomason's intriguing intellectual suspense novel stars four brainy roommates at Princeton, two of whom have links to a mysterious 15th-century manuscript, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. This rare text (a real book) contains embedded codes revealing the location of a buried Roman treasure. Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are inevitable, but Caldwell and Thomason's book is the more cerebral-and better written-of the two: think Dan Brown by way of Donna Tartt and Umberto Eco. The four seniors are Tom Sullivan, Paul Harris, Charlie Freeman and Gil Rankin. Tom, the narrator, is the son of a Renaissance scholar who spent his life studying the ancient book, "an encyclopedia masquerading as a novel, a dissertation on everything from architecture to zoology." The manuscript is also an endless source of fascination for Paul, who sees it as "a siren, a fetching song on a distant shore, all claws and clutches in person. You court her at your risk." This debut novel's range of topics almost rivals the Hypnerotomachia's itself, including etymology, Renaissance art and architecture, Princeton eating clubs, friendship, steganography (riddles) and self-interpreting manuscripts. It's a complicated, intricate and sometimes difficult read, but that's the point and the pleasure. There are murders, romances, dangers and detection, and by the end the heroes are in a race not only to solve the puzzle, but also to stay alive. Readers might be tempted to buy their own copy of the Hypnerotomachia and have a go at the puzzle. After all, Caldwell and Thomason have done most of the heavy deciphering-all that's left is to solve the final riddle, head for Rome and start digging. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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From School Library Journal
Adult/High School–A compelling modern thriller that cleverly combines history and mystery. When four Princeton seniors begin the Easter weekend, they are more concerned with their plans for the next year and an upcoming dance than with a 500-year-old literary mystery. But by the end of the holiday, two people are dead, two of the students are injured, and one has disappeared. These events, blended with Renaissance history, code breaking, acrostics, sleuthing, and personal discovery, move the story along at a rapid pace. Tom Sullivan, the narrator, tells of his late father's and then a roommate's obsession with the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a 15th-century "novel" that has long puzzled scholars. Paul has built his senior thesis on an unpopular theory posited by Tom's father–that the author was an upper-class Roman rather than a monk–and has come close to proving it. While much of the material on the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is arcane and specialized, it is clearly explained and its puzzles are truly puzzling, while the present-day action is compelling enough to keep teens reading. There is a love interest for Tom and a lively portrayal of Princeton life. This novel will appeal to readers of Dan Brown's TheDa Vinci Code (Doubleday, 2003) but it supplies a lot more food for thought, even including some salacious woodcuts from the original book as well as coded excerpts and their solutions.–Susan H. Woodcock, Fairfax County Public Library, Chantilly, VA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Product details
Hardcover: 373 pages
Publisher: The Dial Press; 1st edition (May 11, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385337116
ISBN-13: 978-0385337113
Product Dimensions:
6.4 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
2.9 out of 5 stars
1,208 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#158,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
4 stars for a wild-axxed potboiler fiction. But take away at least 1 star for its almost complete lack of historical truth about the historical Friar Francesco Colonna. Far better to buy and read the source used by these two authors: Godwin's first ever complete English translation of 1499 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, subtitled "The Strife of Love in a Dream." Godwin's Introduction, tables, graphs, maps, and appendices make it quite clear that the Friar was the author, not some hypothetical (i.e., thus far fictional) noble of Rome. Once you've read the historical summary of what's known about the rebellious friar, whose monastery was very close by a similarly unconforming nunnery near Venice, you'll be convinced "the Friar dunnit!" My, what fun those monks and nuns had back then, in the time of the Borgia Pope, his bastards Lucretia and Cesare, and their occasional hangers-on, Machiavelli and da Vinci! If you have interest in these topics, feel free to contact me at BEORNsHall AT earthlink DOT net
If you went to Princeton or live near it, this is a must read. Nothing inherently wrong with the plot if you like 4 guys stumbling around campus and you have to wait forever for something interesting to happen. Despite the author’s obvious talent (he has plenty) this New Jersey-based fare was sleep inducing for the first 150 pages. That is why I only offered two stars.If the author wants 5 stars, next time he should write a book about the University of Pennsylvania and let them try this stuff in West Philly. I don’t think they would be able to survive outside of the vaunted dinner clubs.
I just wasted 7 hours of my life reading this, hoping it would at some point get better. The majority of this book is all about the backstory of each character in the book. Way too much backstory. When the story would actually start to pick up pace, the brakes would be slammed and then for no reason, another backstory would be inserted. By the time they got back to the story, interest would be lost. I will soon forget that I ever read this book and I highly doubt I will ever read anything by either of these authors again if this is how their style of writing is.
Great fun read. The only tie to Da Vinci Code is the use of a history mystery. Great use of a rare, unusual, mysterious historical book that has been debated and questioned for centuries. There is the "flaw" of of trying to force a rush of time Da Vinci Code style. Snow and the nude run in late April--a bit much. That late into their senior year and still shallow (in terms of work done) on their senior thesis. No. The authors could have stretched those events over a longer period of time during their senior year, made it more believable and still had the same "conclusion". Again, too much time compression here at the end of the school term--not to give away the story but the last month of the school term is written as if months or years had expired when looking back (MAJOR events on a college campus and within 2-3 weeks it is ancient history disappearing into time-think not). I suspect some heavy handed editor influence trying to copy the Di Vinci Code style as I cannot imagine the authors putting that much time into the story and historical research to screw up those details but an editor over his head in terms of historical research/knowledge would try to emulate Di Vinci for popular buzz.I am far from an eating club elitest...2 yrs of a junior college before a real 4 yr College (not University) but I have a deep appreciation and understanding of history and the search for historical documents, aka scholar adventures...which many reviewers apparently do not and thus the negative reviews I see.While predictable--most endings are (what they weren't going to solve the Di Vinci Code by the end of the book) the slight twists and turns as to how the future (5 yrs later)goes with this story was vey nicely done. The "tube" used to great effect.
I found it a wonderful read. I expected enigmatic equation I didn't expect the wonderful wrapping of human equation around and through that.For me the level of character development and description of scenes and action was perfect. Enough to foster my imagination but, not loquacious.I didn't agree with all of the assumptions that the main character came to about people and relationships. However, the way that he presented his assumptions allowed me to differ without violating the theme or the plot. Someone has used the description "coming of age" for this work. I don't believe that this phrase casts the correct light. The characters appear to come on stage already wise beyond their years and not terribly naive.
The comparisons to Da Vinci Code are inevitable, I guess. If The Da Vinci Code were about a young man stuck in an academic institution with a posse of friends--and enemies--implausibly fixated on a Renaissance manuscript. And if a rather unlikely fire that burns down a significant structure were the only real action.The Rule of Four is well-researched and quite well written, thus the four stars. But, after a couple hundred pages, this reader's interest began to wane, and I began to wish there were a global conspiracy, or more action, or hidden identities. Sort of like-- Well, you know.
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