Name: Cain's Jawbone (The Torquemada Puzzle Book)
SKU: 56165887
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Author: Edward Powys Mathers
ISBN: 9786585168298

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Cain's Jawbone (The Torquemada Puzzle Book)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edward Powys Mathers

Publisher

Camelot Editora

Language

English

Pages

210

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.5x1.1 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9786585168298

Edited in

Brasil

Synopsis "Cain's Jawbone (The Torquemada Puzzle Book)"

Published by the British author Edward Powys Mathers, under the pseudonym of Torquemada, this literary puzzle is considered to be the hardest in the world. As you read and analyze each part of this intriguing plot, the reader finds himself immersed in an investigative and challenging suspense and is encouraged to use logic and analyze the details, in order to become a true detective. Who are the victims? And the killers? This unique novel invites you to discover. Six mysterious murder crimes and their respectiveexecutors. A series of clues and riddles carefully hidden in parts of a randomly printed plot, and only one correct order out of millions of combinations to reveal the real culprits and solve the mystery. This is the proposal of the police thriller Cain's Jawbone, by Edward Powys Mathers, whose work won the public's attention due to the incredibly enigmatic content that, almost ninety years later, reignited the fascination of readers from all around the world.

Edward Powys Mathers

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Edward Powys Mathers was a British writer, translator, and cryptographer, known for his work in the field of mystery literature and literary puzzles. He is famous for The Cain Puzzle (1934), a novel in the form of a jigsaw puzzle considered one of the most complex literary challenges ever written. Its structure invites the reader to reorder its pages to uncover the true story.

Besides his role as a novelist, Mathers was a prolific translator of Eastern poetry and classical literature. He also worked as a literary critic and contributed to the development of coded writing in the literature of his time. His legacy remains alive among enthusiasts of literary challenges and experimental narrative.

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