Nel 1910, un caso di omicidio a Londra fece molto scalpore: il Dr. Hawley Crippen avrebbe assassinato a sangue freddo sua moglie Cora Crippen e seppellito il suo corpo smembrato in cantina. L'omicidio è effettivamente avvenuto all'epoca, ma a quanto pare ancora oggi ci sono incertezze su come esattamente e chi abbia commesso il delitto.John Boyne ha ripreso questo vecchio caso e ne ha scritto un avvincente romanzo storico, *La Fuga di Crippen*. La storia si basa quindi su fatti realmente accadut...

Questo è un romanzo in cui immergersi, perfetto per la lista delle letture autunnali/invernali. Il mio decimo romanzo di John Boyne, e trovo davvero che questo autore abbia un talento nel creare personaggi memorabili e nel far rivivere la storia. Puro intrattenimento e una narrazione superba.Ognuno dei suoi romanzi è unicamente diverso, coinvolgente e avvincente, e amo prendere in mano un libro di John Boyne perché non sai mai dove le sue storie ti porteranno.Non avevo nemmeno letto la sinossi d...

4.5 Stelle.Oh cavolo.....La Fuga di Crippen è un ottimo thriller storico con omicidio e un'altra lettura fantastica dalla mia lista di John Boyne. Dovrei davvero fermarmi qui, ma non ci riesco! Qual è la vera verità qui? E chi era questo Dottor Hawley Harvey Crippen? (Vedo un'opera di saggistica nel mio prossimo futuro.) La storia inizia con Hawley giovane che lascia casa per inseguire il suo sogno di diventare medico, ma senza un soldo dai suoi genitori poco solidali, la situazione si fa diffic...

He gave his wife poison and sent her to sleep,And cut up her body and buried it deep.John Boyne has written a very entertaining account of Dr Crippen’s life and crime. Yes, just the one crime, it seems. I’d always been under the impression that he was a serial killer but he ‘only’ murdered one of his wives for which he was hanged in 1910. I also thought he was English but he was an American who had lived in London for many years. Finally, I thought he was a medical doctor but he wasn’t a qualifi...

3.5~4★“ ‘I myself, however, received my degrees from two medical colleges, one in Philadelphia and one in New York, so you need have no worries about me in that regard.’‘From America,’ she exclaimed breathlessly. ’Indeed,’ he said. He had taken to renaming his diplomas as degrees these days; it made things simpler, he believed.”‘Dr.’ Hawley Harvey Crippen said and did many questionable things to make life simpler. Only fair, he thought, disadvantaged as he was by not having enough money to atten...

4 solid stars.I’m surprised that I have not heard of this book before, which was the author’s debut in America, back in 2004.This is a work of fiction loosely based on some facts.As for any work of fiction, you should not expect accuracies. Everything in this book is fruit of the author’s rich imagination.The writing is superb.The storyline is gripping or absorbing. The structure is perfect and skillfully built.I was so absorbed and transported to that era (London, 1910), as I was living that mo...

This is historical fiction with a murder mystery and a little true crime.Based on the real-life case of Dr Crippen and the murder of his wife Cora Crippen in 1910, John Boyne has built around this event a cast of characters and a plausible theory as to what really happened! I am a big John Boyne fan and really enjoy his storytelling. As with all his writing this is so immersive and absorbing. The historical elements add a depth and interest to a story that is ultimately about the nature of hu...

More damn good storytelling by John Boyne. A murder mystery, an odd lot of characters sailing off from Antwerp to Canada, which includes the good “Doctor” Crippen and his mistress/lover, Ethel, in disguise as father and son. There’s a reason for their disguise and identity change. The story starts off with those boarding the SS Montrose, taking stock of their surroundings and fellow passengers. Each has their own agenda, whether looking for relaxation, love, violence, running away from secrets. ...

I love this author's stuff and this book was so good. The writing, the pacing, the historical feel of this story, all of it. I was not familiar the real Dr. Crippen so this read as a bit of a thriller for me as well.

Well, where to start? How about with just one word: WOW! Crippen is quite one of the most gripping crime faction novels I’ve ever read. That’s the short version.You want the long version? OK, here goes…This fictionalised account of a real and infamous crime that gripped the English-speaking world is nothing short of brilliant. The characters are sympathetically drawn, yes, even that of Dr Hawley Crippen himself. Boyne has taken one of Britain’s most notorious and mysterious killers and made him ...