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An ancient mystery, a hidden language, and the secrets of a bizarre Egyptian sect collide in modern-day London in this ingenious novel of seduction, conspiracy, and betrayal alter Rothschild is an American Egyptologist living in London and charged by the British Museum with the task of unlocking the ancient riddle of the Stela of Paser, one of the last remaining real-life hieroglyphic mysteries in existence today. The secrets of the stela-a centuries-old...

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Rated 5 stars
Some people just don't get it...

Boy there are some thick folks out there that seem flabbergasted by the loony nature of this book and its situations. I have a word for you to look up: Satire. Or here's another: Comedy. Clearly this book is a send-up of certain genre conventions, a literary novel cloaked in the sheep's clothing of absurdity and the surreal. If you really care by page 200 what the "mystery" of the Stela is then you have really missed the...

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Rated 5 stars
outrageous and brilliant literary novel

This is a funny, madcap adventure written in a delicate, poetic prose style. The situations are absurd at times, and clearly that is the point. The author seems to want to poke fun at certain genre conventions; you might view this as the "anti-Da Vinci Code" in this respect. I think he is mocking the genre while putting together quite a character study. Dr. Rothschild is a well-developed character, a befuddled man who...

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Rated 5 stars
A spectacular first novel

Matt Bondurant's "The Third Translation" is most likely nothing like "The DaVinci Code", and I couldn't be happier. This novel seems to be primarily a character study of Dr. Walter Rothschild. Sure, there is a fair amount of action, and after the first hundred pages or so, the story picks up the pace. But I found myself glued to the pages not because of what was going on around Rothschild, more for the startlingly unique...

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Rated 5 stars
Pleased with this read.

I will start by saying that I read more history than fiction, but I really enjoyed this book. I found it well crafted and compelling. The Third Translation is many different things. It is one part chaotic adventure. The reader is led through the streets of London on a desperate search for an invaluable artifact that has been stolen from the British Museum. It is imperative that this piece is returned and I was completely...

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Rated 5 stars
Great first novel from a new writer--don't miss this one!

For the opposite reasons that I had to toss "The Da Vinci Code" onto the top of my unread pile of poorly written novels, I was happily entranced and engaged by "The Third Translation." In this novel I found all of the things that were missing with Dan Brown's narrative-Bondurant gives you original and human characters, real world sorrow and confusion that one expects in good literature, unsettling and wonderful plot movements,...

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