Aaron Cutler Memorial Library

In celebration of The Big Read in New Hampshire, All Booked will discuss Louis Bayard's novel The Pale Blue Eye and/or Graphic Classics Volume 1: Edgar Allan Poe for the October 3rd meeting at 6:30 p.m.  Copies of the books are available at the upstairs Circulation Desk.

At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. Augustus Landor—who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective—is called in to discreetly investigate.
It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected ally—a moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. The strange and haunted Southern poet for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection, is named Edgar Allan Poe.

Summary of Graphic Classics Volume 1
This contains adaptations of a number of Poe's better-known short stories, with a few lesser-known stories and several poems.

Coming Next Month: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

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