The Club Dumas

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The Club Dumas is a 1993 mystery novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte that blends literary detective work, rare book collecting, and occult intrigue centered around a manuscript linked to Alexandre Dumas and a demonic text.

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instanceOf mystery novel
novel
adaptedInto The Ninth Gate NERFINISHED
author Arturo Pérez-Reverte NERFINISHED
centralTheme authorship and authenticity
intertextuality
literary detective work
occult intrigue
rare book collecting
the nature of evil
containsFictionalBook De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Spain
featuresAuthor Alexandre Dumas NERFINISHED
featuresWorkOfFiction The Three Musketeers NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationDirector Roman Polanski NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationStar Johnny Depp NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationTitleDifference The film adaptation focuses mainly on the occult subplot and omits much of the Dumas material
genre bibliomystery
literary thriller
mystery fiction
occult fiction
hasCharacter Boris Balkan NERFINISHED
Flavio La Ponte NERFINISHED
Irene Adler (mysterious girl) NERFINISHED
Varo Borja NERFINISHED
inspiredBy works of Alexandre Dumas
literaryAllusion The Count of Monte Cristo NERFINISHED
The Three Musketeers NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Lucas Corso NERFINISHED
motif duality between popular fiction and high literature
forgery and authenticity in books
pacts with the devil
narrativePerspective third-person
narrativeStyle metafictional
notableFor complex interweaving of literary and occult plots
detailed depiction of the antiquarian book trade
originalLanguage Spanish
originalTitle El club Dumas NERFINISHED
plotElement comparison of different copies of a satanic book
investigation of a rare Dumas manuscript
search for a demonic text
protagonistOccupation book detective
literary mercenary
publicationYear 1993
publisher Alfaguara NERFINISHED
setting France
Portugal NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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