La mascella di Caino
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- Create Date：2022-03-21 02:42:01
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- Author：E. Powys Mathers
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Summary
Sei assassini e sei vittime: chi ha ucciso chi？ Il puzzle letterario più diabolico del mondo。 Un piccolo gioiello di enigmistica。
Nel 1934 il cruciverbista dell'”Observer” Edward Powys Mathers， sotto lo pseudonimo del temibile inquisitore Torquemada， pubblica un enigma letterario: 100 pagine stampate in ordine sparso， 6 assassini， 6 vittime。 Compito del lettore， accettare la sfida， tagliare le pagine del libro e disporle nella sequenza corretta così da risolvere il caso。 Solo tre persone in quasi cento anni sono riuscite a trovare la soluzione， l’unica possibile tra le milioni di combinazioni。
La mascella di Caino è più di un libro game， più di un intrigo che risveglia l’ingegno e la tenacia; secondo la definizione del Telegraph è “il degno figlio letterario di James Joyce e di Agatha Christie” con un’unica avvertenza: è terribilmente difficile e non adatto ai deboli di cuore。
Prefazione di Stefano Bartezzaghi。
Nel 1934 il cruciverbista dell'”Observer” Edward Powys Mathers， sotto lo pseudonimo del temibile inquisitore Torquemada， pubblica un enigma letterario: 100 pagine stampate in ordine sparso， 6 assassini， 6 vittime。 Compito del lettore， accettare la sfida， tagliare le pagine del libro e disporle nella sequenza corretta così da risolvere il caso。 Solo tre persone in quasi cento anni sono riuscite a trovare la soluzione， l’unica possibile tra le milioni di combinazioni。
La mascella di Caino è più di un libro game， più di un intrigo che risveglia l’ingegno e la tenacia; secondo la definizione del Telegraph è “il degno figlio letterario di James Joyce e di Agatha Christie” con un’unica avvertenza: è terribilmente difficile e non adatto ai deboli di cuore。
Prefazione di Stefano Bartezzaghi。
Reviews
Suhayla
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I have read the entire book without having read any of it， an odd experience and one I would’ve enjoyed solving if I had more time on my hand。Will （probably not） be picking this up another day。The use of language itself is great and I love the references to wider literature and poetry， very intricate and well thought out。
Giorgia G
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Well I have READ it all。。。Now onto the hard part I guess？
isa
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could be fun but more so extremely painful。 have not put together the entire 100 pages yet （in fact only like 10 pages） but it was fun while it lasted （question mark）。 3。2 stars。
Karlijn
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Weirdest book （or should I say riddle/ puzzle） ever
Corrine Zelaya
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I love the concept。 Really brings out my inner detective。 But I can be quite frustrating since it was written in the 30s and the wording to so weird
Cody
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now onto the solving part 🔍🧐
Ornella
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"Non classificato"， non posso mettere alcun voto perché ho semplicemente letto tutte le cento pagine che compongono il libro ma sono bel lontana dal risolvere l'enigma。 Menzione di disonore all'edizione italiana perché， confrontata con l'originale， sembra aver perso giochi di parole， riferimenti e indizi indispensabili alla ricerca della soluzione， e non è accettabile spendere 18€ per un libro （apparentemente， magari sbaglio） irrisolvibile senza non consultare la versione inglese， a quel punto a "Non classificato"， non posso mettere alcun voto perché ho semplicemente letto tutte le cento pagine che compongono il libro ma sono bel lontana dal risolvere l'enigma。 Menzione di disonore all'edizione italiana perché， confrontata con l'originale， sembra aver perso giochi di parole， riferimenti e indizi indispensabili alla ricerca della soluzione， e non è accettabile spendere 18€ per un libro （apparentemente， magari sbaglio） irrisolvibile senza non consultare la versione inglese， a quel punto avrebbero potuto mettere il testo a fronte e soprattutto avvisare il pubblico。 Una mezza delusione， mi pento di averlo comprato in italiano。 。。。more
Francesca
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finished reading but haven’t solved it yet it is so fucking difficult to solve ahh
Bluee
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My toxic trait was thinking that I could figure out how to solve the mystery of the book。 I'm still not giving up yet！ Hopefully some clarity will come my way。 My toxic trait was thinking that I could figure out how to solve the mystery of the book。 I'm still not giving up yet！ Hopefully some clarity will come my way。 。。。more
Dana
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Not really sure if this counts as being read since I haven't read the pages in the correct order。 I guess it's time to solve this murder mystery。 Can't wait to create a mystery board。 Really love this concept that we have to solve it。 Not really sure if this counts as being read since I haven't read the pages in the correct order。 I guess it's time to solve this murder mystery。 Can't wait to create a mystery board。 Really love this concept that we have to solve it。 。。。more
millywonderbook
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Ho letto tutte le pagine， ora non resta che sbattere la testa fino a che non riesco a metterle in ordine。 Comunque un libro super affascinante e divertente！
rajvii
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ill never be able to solve this one 💀
Christina
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First read through complete。 Now on to solve the puzzle。 Leaving rating neutral until I can determine portions of the plot。
Maaike Van Den Brink
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Read it， now solve it
Adam Shelp
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Technically I read it…
Blu
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“I wished for the hundredth time I had a better brain。” Me too。 I’m way too dumb for this
Will
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I genuinely think I have moderate intelligence- and I haven’t got a pissing clue what’s going on。 I have about 259 different ideas。 Glad I’m a physio not a detective。
Thea Scott
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marking as read even though I don't have a clue what's going on。 marking as read even though I don't have a clue what's going on。 。。。more
po-
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It’s really weird， the pages aren’t in order…。
✨Isla✨
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I just wanna crack the case 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Socks
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I thought the book was more interesting when I thought the narrator was trans， and that interest really dipped when I heard there was actually more than one narrator。 Reading it gave me a headache but that's definitely just a language thing。 What I can't get over is how boring the actual story is in favour of the mystery， but at the same time， the whole thing feels weirdly obtuse on purpose？ Like he never meant for it to be solved。 From 5（？） characters named Henry and obscure references for a bo I thought the book was more interesting when I thought the narrator was trans， and that interest really dipped when I heard there was actually more than one narrator。 Reading it gave me a headache but that's definitely just a language thing。 What I can't get over is how boring the actual story is in favour of the mystery， but at the same time， the whole thing feels weirdly obtuse on purpose？ Like he never meant for it to be solved。 From 5（？） characters named Henry and obscure references for a book before the internet， connecting the dots hardly felt interesting or worth it。 He definitely did come up with the mystery first and then the story but neither of them is particularly satisfying。 。。。more
Kaitlin Green
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I feel like I can't rate this since I really have no idea what just happened 。。。 That being said， I annotated for character names and other clues to help me piece the mystery together。 Can't wait to put my murder wall up this spring break and attempt to put the book in order！ I feel like I can't rate this since I really have no idea what just happened 。。。 That being said， I annotated for character names and other clues to help me piece the mystery together。 Can't wait to put my murder wall up this spring break and attempt to put the book in order！ 。。。more
Marie-Louise
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I’ve read the book， but then again， I haven’t really。 So then， let the solving begin。
Mackenzie Blackwood
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only technically "read"， but I'll be hanging out with this book for a loooong time only technically "read"， but I'll be hanging out with this book for a loooong time 。。。more
AK
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I am definitely not smart enough to solve this book。 That isn’t the book’s fault， but I’m petty like that
Prashasti Aryal
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felt like a true sherlock trying to solve this。 which of course i can't solve but i'll continue trying。 salut to us holmes wannabes。 felt like a true sherlock trying to solve this。 which of course i can't solve but i'll continue trying。 salut to us holmes wannabes。 。。。more
Anne-Sophie
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Was tempted to try and solve this but then I remembered that I’m currently supposed to be writing my BA thesis
J Wilde
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Read？ Yes。Solved？ Not yet。
Lost
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I mean， I've flicked through and read every page， but it's going to take me SIGNIFICANTLY longer to put this together I mean， I've flicked through and read every page， but it's going to take me SIGNIFICANTLY longer to put this together 。。。more
Rahaf
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I absolutely want to do this someday and I have an idea。 Hear me out: this is a 100 page task。 What if 10 people sit down and get assigned 10 pages each， where everyone studies their respective pages including significant info （events， names， dates， references etc）。 A subsequent brainstorm session would be soooo much fun and can eventually lead to solving this。 This is going on the bucket list。 Someday。
Reference
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,La mascella di Caino&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0