| From Publishers Weekly Set in 14th-century England， Unsworth's novel revolves around a theater troupe whose decision to enact a recent murder leads them to uncover a conspiracy. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal The author of the Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger (LJ 7/92) brings 14th-century England to life in this imaginative medieval mystery， which will inevitably invite comparisons with Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (LJ 4/1/83). Its narrator is Nicholas Barber， a young monk who has forsaken his calling and joined an itinerant troupe of players that gets caught up in the real-life drama of a small-town murder. The crime presents Barber and his fellows with an opportunity to attract a larger-than-usual audience， and they turn sleuths， weaving the bits of information yielded by their investigation into an improvised play that eventually reveals the surprising， sordid truth. Rich in historical detail， Unsworth's well-told tale explores some timeless moral dilemmas and reads like a modern page-turner. Recommended for fiction collections.David Sowd， formerly with Stark Cty. District Lib.， Canton， OhioCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews |
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