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The Fencing Master The Fencing Master by Arturio Perez-Reverte
Anyone read it? I just got it for Christmas, seems pretty good, just wondering what anyone thoguth about it.
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This is an excellent book, you'll enjoy it a lot. It also has a little extra coolness for us fencers, who understand the lingo. Great mystery, it really pulls you in. I've been wanting to try a couple more of his other book like the Club Dumas and there's one other. Tell me what you think, but I definitely reccomend it.  -Sabresque
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hey i just picked that up yesterday about 7 pages in and i love it "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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It's a very nice novel for a fencer. I wrote a review for Amazon couple of years ago.
reviews from B&N
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...56006847&itm=1
reviews from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...stomer-reviews
The book was made into a movie in 1992 with a Spanish cast. It was pretty good, and it is hard to find (VHS only).
I particularly liked the book better in Spanish than in English.
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Let me add my endorsement. The book was absolutely delightful. The author must have some knowledge of fencing.
(Although some friends and I did try to re-enact the "secret" move he teaches and were a bit let down.)
As to the film, you can tell how much faith a film has in its fencing choreography by how far back it is willing to let the camera go. (A lot of choregraphic sins are masked by close-ups that do not reveal movement). The shots are well composed for a good look at his lessons. Crisp, clean moves all the way around.
Of course both film and novel have the same moral:
Point Control is EVERYTHING!
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I just got this book as a birthday gift.Although I've only read about 20 or so pages, I love the way its written and I have a feeling that this will be one of my favorites!
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Yeah the movie is ok/good, the spanish girl is really hot, worth watching just for her.
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disco stu has had it with you....I loooooove the simpsons "The shopowner and his son ... well that's an entirely different story altogether ... I had to beat them to death with their own shoes."
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I have read several of his books. The Fencing Master, and Club Dumas were quite entertaining. Club Dumas was also made into a movie called the Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp.
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The American hardcover translation is 245 pages of easy reading. The Spanish paperback (smaller size) is 356 pages long.
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JEC, I've been looking for a copy in spanish... do they sell it on Amazon or anything? -Sabresque
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