Квинканкс. Том 2

Vydai͡ushchiĭsi͡a roman Charlʹza Pallisera bukvalʹno vzorval nishu ne tolʹko istoricheskogo detektiva, no istoricheskogo romana voobshche. On i͡avli͡aetsi͡a odnim iz luchshikh obrazt͡sov rekonstrukt͡sii atmosfery ėpokhi i tonkoĭ igry s kanonicheskim literaturnym zhanrom. Po viktorianskim detektivam Kollinza i Konan Doĭla nam izvestno, chto "starai͡a dobrai͡a" Anglii͡a byla ne takoĭ uzh dobroĭ. No na samom dele vsë bylo kuda khuzhe, chem izobrazhali dazhe samye smelye klassiki. Anglii͡a imela takoe dno, takui͡u iznanku, chto oni sposobny udivitʹ dazhe iskushënnykh chitateleĭ XXI veka. Vynuzhdennyĭ proĭti cherez vse krugi ėtogo ada, Dzhon Khaffam postepenno priblizhaetsi͡a k razgadke taĭny, kotorai͡a presleduet ego s samogo detstva. Taĭny pi͡ati klanov, chʹi chudovishchnye otnoshenii͡a namertvo slili ikh v zagadochnom ornamente kvinkanksa…

The outstanding novel by Charles Palliser literally blew up the niche not only of the historical detective, but of the historical novel in General. It is one of the best examples of reconstruction of the atmosphere of the era and fine play with the canonical literary genre. We know from the Victorian detectives Collins and Conan Doyle that" good old " England was not so good. But in fact, it was much worse than even the most daring classics portrayed. England had such a bottom, such a wrong side, that they are able to surprise even sophisticated readers of the twenty-first century. Forced to go through all the circles of this hell, John Huffam gradually approaches the solution of the mystery that has haunted him since childhood. Secrets of the five clans, whose monstrous relationship tightly merged them in a mysterious ornament quincunx…