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NAME Matthew Pearl

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URL http://www.matthewpearl.com

COMMENTS
Thanks so much for stopping by my guestbook! This is a place where you can just let me know you've been by, or post comments or questions about The Dante Club or The Poe Shadow. I really appreciate your support. This is a new guestbook since the others filled up - but you can still see them by clicking on the "view past messages" buttons at the bottom of the page.

CITY, STATE/PROVINCE Cambridge, MA USA

DATE

NAME	Bruce Davies
COMMENTS	'The Dante Club'was an excellent book. I enjoyed it so much I have just bought 'The Poe Shadow'hoping it will be as good as the first. Please come and do some readings / signings in the north of England
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
DATE	Wednesday, July 5th 2006 - 07:36:29 AM

NAME	Karyn Castagna
COMMENTS	So, you are a "pearl" who is a "gift of god". I am a "pure pearl" as per my namesake. I have just begun reading The Poe Shadow and feel that I have somehow in this age of mass confusion found a kindred spirit. I am sorry only that I missed your May appearance in New York. I would like to mention that my maternal great- grandfather was a caretaker for Poe Park in the Fordham section of the Bronx, New York which was the home of the writer Edgar Allan Poe. As you most probably are aware, it was there that Edgar Allen resided with his beloved bride, Virginia. I wondered if you ever made the trip there? I am also massively impressed by your credentials! I find it so difficult to absorb that one who could be so sensitive to literature could also pursue a degree in "liaring" lol. (That is a line I stole from Denny of "The Mamas and Papas".) At any rate, I should just like to say that thus far, I am enjoying your read and would welcome a chat session with yourself and any other Poephiles and I do not need my three dollars back. Continued success to you Matthew Pearl. - Karyn PS I am confused by the below "Private?" Any response is welcomed.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	NY
DATE	Thursday, July 6th 2006 - 08:37:04 AM

NAME	kristina
COMMENTS	nice work
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	croatia
DATE	Friday, July 7th 2006 - 11:01:02 AM

NAME	Jennifer
COMMENTS	This book was so eloquently written. I loved it!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	New Orleans
DATE	Friday, July 7th 2006 - 10:15:19 AM

NAME	mike svage
URL	http://www.sav-art.com
COMMENTS	Wow. Read your first and loved it. Half way through the second and feel the same. How do you write so coloquially (sp) to the time. It's pretty uncanny, but boy it sure bolsters the feel of how the story reads. You're a very talented writer. What's next! Mike
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	westwood, ks
DATE	Saturday, July 8th 2006 - 03:57:02 PM

NAME	Carlo
COMMENTS	Very intriguing. All my compliments
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Milan, Italy
DATE	Sunday, July 9th 2006 - 01:37:16 PM

NAME	Stevo
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl. I am not much of a literary critic, as I read very few works of fiction, but having reached the thirty third chapter of the Poe Shadow you have made me a believer that fact can be meshed with fiction! Thanks for a great read so far. Can't wait to read your first novel.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Mississippi
DATE	Monday, July 10th 2006 - 08:00:47 AM

NAME	Debra Lewis
COMMENTS	I love both of your books, but especially the Poe Shadow. It's extremely well-written, and fits VERY well with the writing of the period! It seems so strange that this book was written today, rather than in the 1850s.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Nashville, TN
DATE	Saturday, July 15th 2006 - 04:03:01 PM

NAME	Nancy
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl, Thank you fro breathing life into names suchas Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorn, et al. Names we all know, but being so far removed from their time, we forget that they had lives, loves, passions, and fears. You are now on my list of "Can't wait until his next book comes out." authors.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Nancy
DATE	Wednesday, July 19th 2006 - 09:14:42 PM

NAME	NOREEN
COMMENTS	than k you for your Given talent I have love vison,looking foward to large print. I have a reader . tnx
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	naples, fla
DATE	Friday, July 21st 2006 - 10:48:20 PM

NAME	Daniela
COMMENTS	Mr Pearl, you 've became my favourite author. I'll be waiting anxiously your next masterpiece. Gracias.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Buenos Aires
DATE	Saturday, July 22nd 2006 - 01:46:44 PM

NAME	Grace
COMMENTS	I think you are an amazing author!I read got The Poe Shadow for my 12th birthday and it has been my favorite book so far this year.Your intracate plots and amazing skill has inspired my to start writing myself.Thank you for showing the world your talents!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Pittsburgh,PA
DATE	Friday, July 28th 2006 - 11:15:42 AM

NAME	John Warthen Struble
COMMENTS	Congratulations! Both The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow were a joy to read! I don't think I have ever encountered such a masterful blend of scholarship, writing skill and plot construction in one author before. Hooray for literacy!Brilliant!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Wolfeboro NH
DATE	Saturday, August 5th 2006 - 07:44:52 AM

NAME	J.R.
COMMENTS	Am reading The Dante Club for summer reading at KVA. The book is very interesting.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Henderssn, NC
DATE	Monday, August 7th 2006 - 03:21:02 PM

NAME	Carly
COMMENTS	Great book! I've recently read a great deal of historical fiction, and yours fits in nicely with all the best! I've just purchased "The Poe Shadow" and am sure I won't be disappointed!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	IN
DATE	Wednesday, August 9th 2006 - 10:56:57 AM

NAME	Trevor
COMMENTS	The Dante Club (like Caleb Carr's The Alienist, and Philip Kerr's Dark Matter) managed to insert my mind's eye completely into a seemingly distant place and time. Thank you for such a fabulous, literary, page-turner. You've inspired me to read Dante.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Ontario, Canada
DATE	Sunday, August 13th 2006 - 08:03:17 PM

NAME	Alessia Leonetti
COMMENTS	UAWWW OTTIMO LIBRO INTERESSANTISSIMO SOTTO TUTTI I PUNTI DI VISTA! GRAZIE ^_^
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	VT - Italy
DATE	Tuesday, August 15th 2006 - 10:12:34 AM

NAME	Auntiepanpan
URL	http://www.auntiepanpan.com
COMMENTS	I absolutely loved 'The Dante Club'. I would love to see it as a movie. It made me re-read my Dante's Inferno. Thank you for making an intriguing American novel, it has been long past due.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Kewanee,IL
DATE	Tuesday, August 15th 2006 - 07:46:40 PM

NAME	Charles C. Brooks III
COMMENTS	Mundus Vult Decipi.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Crawford, Georgia
DATE	Friday, August 18th 2006 - 01:48:46 AM

NAME	sonia perrin
COMMENTS	J'ai ador� d�s les premi�res lignes, afin un livre qui nous tient en haleine du d�but � la fin et qu'on n'a pas envie de fermer avant le d�nouement de l'histoire.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Auxerre FRANCE
DATE	Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 11:57:20 AM

NAME	jeanmarie horwath
COMMENTS	Dante got it right with his "Inferno" and I can only imagine the images in his head, living with the knowledge of heaven and hell. It is truly maddening, and I wonder at the burden of it.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Ca
DATE	Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 11:05:04 PM

NAME	mark shaffer
COMMENTS	Almost finished with Poe Shadow. A native to Baltimore area and Poe enthusiast... I loved the book. Thanks for putting a good end to his story.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	pa
DATE	Sunday, August 20th 2006 - 09:23:53 PM

NAME	Eugene Kim
URL	http://www.cyworld.com/angelo4
COMMENTS	I am a graduate student in South Korea and when I first came across the book, it was so fascinating that I had to take out my English poetry books again for a review. I definitely loved the book so much that this is my second time reading it. I hope your new works are published in Korea soon. I wish you best lucks on your works.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Seoul, Korea
DATE	Monday, August 21st 2006 - 04:18:09 AM

NAME	Sheriden
COMMENTS	I loved The Dante Club! Started out a little slow for me, but i then i really liked it, very exciting//suspensful :)
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Texas
DATE	Monday, August 21st 2006 - 10:22:21 PM

NAME	Albert
COMMENTS	Same opinion as last: slow begining... but then, it blasts!! I am enjoying the book as I haven't for several years. Congratulations, Mr. Pearl. Greetings from Barcelona (Spain).
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Barcelona (Espa�a)
DATE	Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 04:59:08 PM

NAME	N�stor
COMMENTS	I've just finished The Poe Shadow, and I have to say this is a great book. I have liked so much the way of getting you surprised and hooked in the end of some chapters (with an unbelievable fact) and, in the beginning of the next one, making a matice to return the story to its normal evolution. Thanks a lot for your books, keep on telling these great stories. [Please, forgive my poor English]
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Le�n (Spain)
DATE	Friday, August 25th 2006 - 08:48:26 AM

NAME	ANTONELLA
COMMENTS	what a great book!can't wait to read "The Poe Shadow"!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	modena,italy
DATE	Friday, August 25th 2006 - 11:49:41 AM

NAME	Ryan Tilley
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl, I enjoyed reading "The Poe Shadow." Two years ago, I visited the Poe house/museum on 203 North Amity St. in Baltimore. Perhaps something rubbed off on me while there because I wrote a 100 line sequel to the 108 line "The Raven." I tried to email you so I could paste it in the body of the email, but that link on your website didn't work. I have only performed that poem in Winter Park, FL so far and it went over well. Incidentally, I began writing it on February 2 which is mentioned as an important Poe family anniversary in the novel "Entombed."
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Altamonte Springs, FL
DATE	Friday, August 25th 2006 - 08:58:36 PM

NAME	Yvonne
COMMENTS	Thank you for opening a whole new world! You are the first writer that has inspired me to expand my knowledge. After reading Dante's Club and The Poe Shadow, I discovered that I had a list of additional books I wanted to read. I have since read Longfellow's biography by his brother Samuel. I have purchased Dante's Inferno and the Complete works of Edgar A. Poe. I have also become interested in Nathaniel Hawthorne. All this happened from reading your wonderful books.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Cary, NC
DATE	Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 01:34:48 PM

NAME	Deby Schwartz
COMMENTS	Finished reading The Dante Club and went right out and purchased The Poe Shadow. I really want to read The Dante Club again it was so good. I have never so interested in reading a book twice! It's a shame I missed your visits to Denver. Can't wait until you return! Deby
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Denver, CO
DATE	Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 11:42:01 PM

NAME	Geoffrey Warren
URL	http://www.pianotuition.net
COMMENTS	Dear Matthew Thank you for your books,I read 'Poe" first as I couldn't get a hold of 'Dante' but am finally reading 'Dante Club' now. Have just ordered Longfellow's translation with your preface. Would you please ask your publisher's to make the softback editions print a little larger as my wife and I don't enjoy the best of sight despite our youthful appearance. Thanks to reading about you in a Sunday newspaper review our world has been enriched by your masterful storytelling!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Canberra,Australia
DATE	Sunday, September 3rd 2006 - 11:31:35 PM

NAME	marco
COMMENTS	You are the greatest! I can't stop to read your books! I hope to see you soon in Italy.Congratulations!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Italy
DATE	Tuesday, September 5th 2006 - 03:35:51 PM

NAME	Renee
COMMENTS	I can hardly wait for the next book! (Maybe a future one on Emily Dickinson?)
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	WV
DATE	Wednesday, September 6th 2006 - 10:00:09 PM

NAME	Judy Heier
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl, All I can say is FINALLY! I am a lover of Russian novels, mostly by Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky, but they only wrote so many. It's been difficult to find a modern day writer that I like. Your writing is so eloquent, each sentence has meaning, yet you manage to keep the story interesting and exciting, unlike so many other books today that can only do one or the other. I too am eagerly awaiting more of your books. Can't wait to read Poe Shadow (waiting for paperback), I keep checking! I also think its a great idea that you're pulling in real historical writers that seem but an idea to people nowadays. You breathe a second life back into them! Keep up the good work! Please write more!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	San Francisco, CA
DATE	Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 12:11:23 PM

NAME	Gary Wyatt
COMMENTS	I just finished Poe Shadow,and loved Dante Club. I visited the Longfellow home,and bought the cd. I am doing the Barnes and Noble University discussion on Poe Shadow. Great book! read it everyone!!!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Sullivan, MO
DATE	Monday, September 11th 2006 - 11:56:12 PM

NAME	Larry
COMMENTS	Matthew Pearl, I can't decide if you are a literary critic, an historian, just a damned good writer or all of the above. I thoroughly enjoyed "The Poe Shadow" and can't wait to read "The Dante Club". As an aging English major, I feel I've come back to my roots after forty years in the business world. Keep up the good work!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Louisiana
DATE	Friday, September 15th 2006 - 05:02:43 PM

NAME	Jon Thayer
URL	http://www.ibopp.com
COMMENTS	I just finished The Poe Shadow. Your prose is quite rich. Next, I will re-read The Inferno in anticipation of The Dante Club. You are the best new author I have discovered since Caleb Carr. I wish you luck on your next project. Thank you!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Arizona
DATE	Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 04:27:30 AM

NAME	Richard
COMMENTS	Thirty years ago, I was part of a small but faithful Dante club that met weekly in a dingy apartment on the "back side" of Beacon Hill... a mix of professionals, grad students, working class folks, and a disbaled senior citizen. Over the course of a couple of years, we slowly worked through Dorothy Sayer's translation of the Commedia, canto by canto, over many bottles of red wine. Your book brought back so many fond memories of our old club in Boston, I'm now inspired to gather a new group, perhaps using Longfellow's work! I was delighted with how you unfolded the mystery and your lively depictions of Holmes and Lowell. I was also taken by Nicholas Rey's intelligence, persistence, and strength of character. Great work!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	IL
DATE	Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 04:52:24 PM

NAME	Linda Pierce
COMMENTS	Dear Mr. Pearl:I am enjoying The Dante Club and, as along-time fan of Poe, looking forward to your 2nd book. I enjoyed hearing you speak at our beautiful Mpls. library. As an old English major, I really relish your books--and the Boston setting of Dante book...
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Mpls. MN
DATE	Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 07:00:08 PM

NAME	Marietta Kaplan
COMMENTS	Thank you for giving me something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, the discovery of a brilliant author at the beginning of his career and the pleasure of the anticipation of his next novel. I often wondered what it would be like living in the time of Poe, Doyle, Christy and stumbling upon their first publications. At first there would be a feeling of pleasant surprise. After the second work, the realization that you were witnessing the evolution of a unique literary mind. And finally, the frustration of waiting for the next to appear, only to be assuaged by rereading the palry volume of the material already at hand. I can say that I have never felt this way about any author whose career began during my lifetime, until now. It's the fusion of a unique classical literary style, mystery, and bold romantic personalities. It's the return of looking at characters with a telescopic world view as opposed to a microscopic psychological view. For those of you who may be reading this website before having read the author, I give you a fine example from page 269 of The Poe Shadow: "Her eyes caught mine with uncomfortable intensity. I could not help my thoughts: with Hattie to marry Peter, what hopes of love had I left? For the strength it would give me-what wouldn't I give at the moment for even a token of affection! Perhaps my thoughts were obvious, as she now began to move closer to me. I looked away to break any improper insinuation. But she placed her hand on my shoulder, and as I looked back she pulled my face between the bars to hers, in a long moment that trilled me more by its surprise than in the warmth of her mouth. The scar that I had seen on her lips seemed to form an indent in the same place on my own face, and the currents ran through my chilled body. I was remade..." Whew! Can't wait for the next novel!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Grayslake, IL
DATE	Saturday, September 23rd 2006 - 02:13:27 AM

NAME	Domenic
COMMENTS	I just picked up the Dante Club at Books A Million this evening and judging from the comments I'm convinced it will be a good read. Will keep you posted.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Alabama
DATE	Saturday, September 23rd 2006 - 11:13:41 PM

NAME	Kellie
URL	http://www.momsreading.com
COMMENTS	My book club is reading The Poe Shadow this month. We are all very excited. Thanks for giving us a discussion-worth book and an excellent website for a resource. Check out our site!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	MA
DATE	Monday, October 2nd 2006 - 12:24:01 AM

NAME	Bill Edwards
COMMENTS	Thanks for a GREAT read, THE DANTE CLUB is wonderful looking forward to POE next...Bill
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	CA
DATE	Wednesday, October 4th 2006 - 12:04:51 AM

NAME	Michael F.
COMMENTS	The reviews say it all; The Dante Club is that rare gem that one only comes across once in a great while. Recommended to me by my 19-year-old son, it will remain permanently in my book collection. It is all the more enjoyable for me since I am a native of the area where the story takes place. I pass some of the places cited in the story on my drive in to Boston every day and, now that I know some of the history (thanks to your book), view them with a new appreciation. I am also a huge fan of New England's 19th century writers and poets. Do you plan on sticking with this format for a while? Surely Hawthorne would be a worthy subject? Whatever you produce next will, I have no doubt, be great. Congratulations on a superb achievement. I am looking forward to reading The Poe Shadow.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Woburn, MA
DATE	Wednesday, October 11th 2006 - 10:33:24 PM

NAME	Regina
COMMENTS	Dante Club is one of the best books i ve read recently, as a not sophisticated reader so to say though a student of the English Philology, i was just enchanted with its atmosphere, gripping, intelligent, excellent book.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Poland
DATE	Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 06:21:13 AM

NAME	Jennie
COMMENTS	I just finished The Dante Club which I loved... great job!! I was so excited to see Beverly in the first few pages. Thanks for recognizing my small town.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Beverly, MA
DATE	Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 05:41:05 PM

NAME	Anne Lemiale
COMMENTS	I happened to find your books at the library and what a find! I so enjoy the language you use, the historical background, the intrigue, the details. It is so rare today to find books in which it is possible to actually savor the words and stories that linger in your mind like a rare fragrance in your nose. I finished reading the Poe shadow a couple of weeks back but only started another book a couple of days ago. Rarely am I so reluctant to move on to something else, "floating" in the book's atmosphere brought me so much happiness. So, thank you for your beautiful writing,I can't wait to explore another of your books.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Gaithersburg MD
DATE	Friday, October 27th 2006 - 10:44:00 AM

NAME	Ray Palen
COMMENTS	I just finished "The Dante Club" and have "The Poe Shadow" waiting for me at home. I love historical mysteries. There have been many in recent year - some outstanding (Ex. "The Alienist") others, not quite up to par. "The Dante Club" belongs with the former - an intriguing and exciting literary read that definitely will propel me to re-read the Dante works I had studied back in High School/College.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Selden, NY
DATE	Friday, November 3rd 2006 - 11:40:28 AM

NAME	Ignacio de Nevares
URL	http://www.ignaciodenevares.com.ar
COMMENTS	I was a great admiror of Poe�s work when I was young. In Argentina his works are official literature on all education plans and there was where I read his work first. Believe me it gave me great pleasure to read your book about his misterious death. I had no idea of his last days. Very Poe, one could say. I hope we will se another of you books sometime, and maybe a visit to our country to sign our books? Regards.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Buenos Aires
DATE	Wednesday, November 8th 2006 - 09:25:12 AM

NAME	Blair S.
COMMENTS	I really enjoyed this book. I did a report on it in my english class my sophomore year in high school. And Matthew Pearl even answered some questions that I asked him. By the end of my report everyone wanted to read the book. And I made sure my local library had the book. Now I am doing another report on in in Forensic Science class and I think it is the best one yet!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Alexandria, LA
DATE	Tuesday, November 14th 2006 - 11:25:12 AM

NAME	Bonile
COMMENTS	This is a very interesting Book.l first read your book for my english class and l was hooked , l can't wait for the next book.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Mtl, Qc
DATE	Thursday, November 16th 2006 - 07:57:14 PM

NAME	Deanne Franklin
COMMENTS	Your book has awakened the love of liturature again within me. Thank- you
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	CA
DATE	Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 05:29:46 AM

NAME	Aubrey malone
COMMENTS	very interesting to read
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	tx,denton
DATE	Saturday, December 2nd 2006 - 03:59:44 PM

NAME	James M. Bellanca
COMMENTS	The Poe Shadow is my introduction to you, Mr. Pearl. Not only was it a great topic, (because I love Edgar Allen Poe)but the way the story carried itself through. Keep up the good work. I will have to read your other books.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Cleveland, Ohio
DATE	Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 07:23:16 PM

NAME	Christina
URL	http://gregariousredrants.blogspot.com
COMMENTS	I picked up your book (The Dante Club) in the half-priced, previously red bin at the Louisville Airport. I had no knowledge of what it was about but it looked different from the other books in the bin. I'm so very glad I bought it! I was skeptical at first and a little intimidated, but I persisted and somewhere around the middle of the first Canticle, I was hooked. I can't imagine the amount of research that went into this book. I truly felt like I was reading a novel written in the 1860s! I'm looking forward to reading the Poe book, and I hope you find time to write many others.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Georgetown, KY
DATE	Friday, December 8th 2006 - 11:36:20 AM

NAME	Anil Taneja
COMMENTS	I'm currently reading the Dante Club and I just wanted to say it's probably the most enthralling book I have ever read. I hope your third novel will be just as good! Best regards from Switzerland.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Geneva
DATE	Friday, December 15th 2006 - 04:52:41 PM

NAME	Johanna
COMMENTS	Hi! i have just finished to reed your book, let me tell u in the beginnig it looks like a boring book, but in the way it became really interesting!!! but there is something that I want to know; at the end what does mean the meeting between Rey and Peasley? and... Rey did get the city`s respect? Please, Can anybody ask my question???
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Peru
DATE	Wednesday, December 20th 2006 - 08:56:07 PM

NAME	guerillamilk
URL	http://www.myspace.com/guerillamilk
COMMENTS	OMG I loove your books! Can you add Texas to your book tour plleeeaasseee?!?!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Dallas, Texas
DATE	Thursday, December 21st 2006 - 02:25:52 PM

NAME	�afak
COMMENTS	Two years ago -i suppose- i read your first novel,The Dante Club, and really loved it. I have just bought The Poe Shadow, and can't wait to read.I am an American Culture and Literature student at university.We have just started to read Poe�s stories, and i think, your book will help me a lot to understand Poe and his stories better. By the way, please add �stanbul to your book tour if you come to Europe. It would be great!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	�stanbul,Turkey
DATE	Friday, January 5th 2007 - 04:40:58 PM

NAME	Lisa Gray
COMMENTS	Brilliant writing. I'd love to see what you could do with Chaucer! I never thought I'd find a novel that I enjoyed as much as "The Club Dumas", but thanks to you, I have found two novels that have met and surpassed my expectations. Your contributions to the literary world are exceptional.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	MO
DATE	Sunday, January 7th 2007 - 12:58:18 AM

NAME	Gianmaria
COMMENTS	I loved The Dante Club. It is well written and very interesting. The Poe Shadow is also a good book but I prefer the first one. Nice job mister Pearl, I hope that you will write another book. Thanks, BYE.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Italy - Padua - Fontaniva
DATE	Monday, January 8th 2007 - 12:09:44 PM

NAME	KALIOPE METTAS
COMMENTS	the Dante Club was my darkest and most favorite company during last year's cold winter nights.i am really looking forward to reading the Poe Shadow.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	VIOTIA ,GREECE
DATE	Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 02:33:56 PM

NAME	Catherine
COMMENTS	I've taught American lit to high schoolers for many years, but I always seem to give short shrift to the Fireside Poets. I finished The Dante Club this morning and immediately went to some textbooks to read more about Longfellow, Lowell, and Holmes. Thanks for broadening my horizons while carrying me along on a great literary ride. Looking forward to The Poe Shadow.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	GA
DATE	Monday, January 15th 2007 - 06:35:29 PM

NAME	Janet
COMMENTS	I was depressed after reading The Dante Club because, well, I was finished! What a conundrum; wanting to slowly savor a book yet compulsively reading on into the morning. It is sort of odd that I stumbled onto it after reading The Tenth Circle.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Sheboygan Falls, WI
DATE	Monday, January 22nd 2007 - 08:06:59 AM

NAME	Kris Kast
COMMENTS	I have found your works refreshingly new in their ideas and content. I especially enjoy your ability to create such captivating plots with enthralling twists and turns. Never before have I so longed to reach the end just to feel remorse at the fact that the story is over.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Indiana
DATE	Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 09:18:13 PM

NAME	natalie lainoff
COMMENTS	I went to our local library (Monroe Township, NJ) and saw a posting regarding a reading group run by the Director of the library. I've never heard of you or your books but decided I would take it out and go to the discussion. Well, there weren't any copies available so I put my name on the list to be advised when one is returned. It doesn't appear to be my kind of book. However, I'm always open to new experiences and this will be one for me. The discussion isn't until Feb. 22nd at 7:30 p.m. I'll write at that time and let you know if I enjoyed it or not.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Monroe Twp., NJ 08831
DATE	Monday, January 29th 2007 - 05:30:17 PM

NAME	Joanna
COMMENTS	I'm so greatful for Your willingness to share Your talent with us - faithful readers.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Silesia,Poland
DATE	Saturday, February 3rd 2007 - 10:49:00 AM

NAME	Amanda Flores
COMMENTS	I just finished The Poe Shadow and I loved it! Thank you for writting a wonderful book about a great man. I have read Poe since I was seven years old and have been interested in him ever since. It was about time a book was done about him that really shines on his life and continues the mystery we have all learned to love. You are a fun author to read and I look forward to seeing what you do next.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Holladay,UT
DATE	Saturday, February 3rd 2007 - 11:15:26 AM

NAME	Rahma
COMMENTS	The Dante Club so amazing!!!Give us another side of our live.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Indonesia
DATE	Wednesday, February 14th 2007 - 12:16:43 AM

NAME	MARIO MAYANS OLACHEA
COMMENTS	I READ YOUR TWO BOOKS, THE DANTE CLUB, AND THE POE SHADOW, AND THEY ARE AWSOME, YOUR WORK ITS GREAT, HOPE TO SEE A NEW BOOK SOON
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
DATE	Friday, February 23rd 2007 - 09:25:41 PM

NAME	Nate
COMMENTS	An outstanding read! I am a huge history buff and learning about all the famous poets and publishers during the post Cival War era was very interesting. I felt like I got an excllent "follow the clues" mystery novel, with a great history lesson in between! Keep it up!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Gainesville, FL
DATE	Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 09:07:25 AM

NAME	JORDAN I SHIFRIN
URL	http://www.ksnlaw.com
COMMENTS	THE DANTE CLUB- What a marvelous experience. The book was recommended for my book club and when I first read the back cover, I groaned about reading another "ersatz" history come Da Vinci Code. To my wonderment and pleasant surprise, I absolutely loved it. I now feel compelled to re-visit Dante's Inferno and all the works of the great 19th century American poets. Of course, The Poe Shadow is first on the list. Kudos to a great author and a great book. I feel compellled to now re-read Dante's Inferno and all the works of the great 19th century American poets.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Bradenton, FL
DATE	Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 01:31:31 PM

NAME	Ed Mack
COMMENTS	The Poe Shadow's masterly writing stays long, becomes a shadow for the reader, meaning that the book has substance. I wait for the third book, imagining the growth, since, for me, the growth from The Dante Club to The Poe Shadow was that from a forward in basketball to a power forward with the skills top shooter. Have been search for commentary on Emerson's translation of V.N. and found myself on your website again--which I thank you for put thelost chapter on Emerson and V.N. on the site.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Cuddebackville, NY 12729
DATE	Sunday, March 4th 2007 - 03:15:30 AM

NAME	CliveWilson
COMMENTS	Having read both "The Dante Club" and "The Poe Shadow", I would like to congratulate Mr. Pearl for resurrecting the great American novel. Attention to style and detail permeates each page. Looking forward to the third installment.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Bermuda
DATE	Saturday, March 10th 2007 - 09:15:20 AM

NAME	ayshah
COMMENTS	hi im reading the poe shadow at the moment and am really enjoying it...its getting quite addictive! i rarely read modern novels preferring the classics myself but this book has changed my perspective significantly. one other thing...im confused by other comments on the message board referring to the authenticity of the language used throughout the book in relation to the historical context.i personally feel that the language is rather modern and therefore provides a very interesting antithesis which works really well (with reference to the narrative, and not the discourse between characters). i just wondered what your intention was at the time of writing-was it to replicate the language of the time or to just stick with the current version of english?
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	england
DATE	Saturday, March 10th 2007 - 06:12:08 PM

NAME	n2mi7ler
COMMENTS	Thanks for "The Poe Shadow" . It's a excellent book. I enjoyed it so much. I'll wait your new books.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Istanbul/Turkiye
DATE	Thursday, March 15th 2007 - 11:38:37 AM

NAME	Gail Jesten
COMMENTS	I got the book for Christmas from my husband and just now decided to read it after reading these comments. I tried to open the "gallery" to view the pictures but was unable to do it. I don't know why. Maybe you can help. It would be nice to view the characters before I begin the book. HELP!!!!!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Coatesville PA
DATE	Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 03:54:36 PM

NAME	Juanita Bullough
COMMENTS	This is just a fantastic book - the dialogue between the characters seems to ring so true and I felt I was actually in 19th-century Boston. It is a real page-turner - if only teh book had been published before I visited the city. What's more, it has spurred my interest in Longfellow, and I particularly enjoyed a virtual tour of Longfellow's house, and explorations of Annie Allegra, who was an intriguing character! Thank you for such an entertaining read. I look forward to reading your other books
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Handforth, Cheshire, UK
DATE	Saturday, March 24th 2007 - 07:41:08 AM

NAME	Susan Hastings
COMMENTS	I read the Divine Comedy about six months ago, and several colleagues recommended your book to me. It was delightful, and I was sorry to see it end. I chose it as a book club selection for March 29. Too bad that we cannot schedule a speakerphone session with you. I was raised in Baltimore, and spent time at Poe's home. I look forward to reading your book about him as well. Thanks for the great reads!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	San Francisco, CA
DATE	Monday, March 26th 2007 - 05:33:28 PM

NAME	Mario E. Moreno Rodr�guez
URL	http://mariomoreno.blogspot.com
COMMENTS	Acababa de leer "Regreso a la Casa Usher" de Robert Poe cuando en Chile se da a conocer tu libro. Pens� que era un oportunista m�s lucrando de la genialidad de Poe, pero asumo felizmente haberme equivocado. La simpat�a que llegu� a sentir por los personajes de "La Sombra de Poe", el amor plat�nico hacia Bonjour... me han hecho tragar los prejuicios y asimilar que en lo que haces hay dejos de genialidad. Hoy me compr� "El Club Dante", en cualquier momento vuelvo a comentarlo. Saludos.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Santiago
DATE	Saturday, March 31st 2007 - 10:02:18 PM

NAME	yasmin
COMMENTS	Congratulations!i love poe shadow very much.i bought dante club i will read it soon .i and my friends are waiting your new books.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	istanbul/turkey
DATE	Friday, April 20th 2007 - 11:24:25 AM

NAME	Kaoru
COMMENTS	Great! I grabbed Japanese translated versions of your "The Dante Club", which were laid out flat at a booksore in a station for my vacation book. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. I really really enjoyed it and now, I'm thinking of reading the "Divina Commedia", translated into Japanese. I'll get original English version of it and read it though the translation was execellent for us! And, Mr. Pearl, "Edgar Alan Poe" is very familiar to us. I am sure that lots of people are interested in your "The Poe Shadow". Mr. Pearl, not that many Japanese are religious and don't have profond knowledge about Christianity, but, I am 100% sure that we will appreciate your work!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Tokyo, Japan
DATE	Sunday, May 6th 2007 - 05:24:32 AM

NAME	Brionna Boyd
COMMENTS	Hello Matthew Pearl! I meet you this passing April in an Metaphors in the making English class during my visiting week at Dartmouth.You were discussing a historical-fiction writer's accountability for accuracy and authenticity. It was an honor to partake in your visit at Dartmouth. I am very excited to read your books. Take Care!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Queens, NY
DATE	Monday, May 7th 2007 - 12:19:26 AM

NAME	Chris
COMMENTS	Developing love of historical fiction. Your work amazingly transcends to another time. It's like pretend time travel.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	KY
DATE	Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 12:50:08 PM

NAME	Gonzalo Seoane
URL	http://www.gonzas.net
COMMENTS	Great Book, I think this is the Best i reading. Thanks for Give us this book,.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Montevideo, Uruguay
DATE	Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 01:25:28 PM

NAME	Alyssa
COMMENTS	:D
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Whitehall, MI
DATE	Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 10:51:58 PM

NAME	Gurinder S Brar
COMMENTS	I read 'The Dante's Club' a month back, and I was not able to put it down till it was finished. Matthew, you have done an incredible job in doing justice to both historical facts and literature. Also I was personnally touched by the burden the Dr Holmes carried out through out the book. His burdens were as real as any one of us, failures and critics in professional life, insecurities and probably the yearn for respect from your own family(son), and still being able to think rationally and come to logical conclusions. One has got lot to learn from this book.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Chandigarh, India
DATE	Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 01:31:36 AM

NAME	Bev Smith
URL	http://www.myspace.com/migrembe
COMMENTS	Found the Dante Club while wanderig randomly around a book shop and loved it. If i could of kept reading it while i walked around and while i was working i would of done. So, enjoying that so much i went in search of other books by the same author and found the Poe Shadow which was also brilliant. Now i'm trying to convert everyone else i know. When is the next one coming along you can bet i'll be waiting at the book shop door for its delivery, thanks, brilliant, amazing something different at last,
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	UK
DATE	Saturday, May 26th 2007 - 04:56:19 AM

NAME	Lorene Barker
COMMENTS	Picked up a copy of "The Dante Club" at a library sale of used books (where I buy a lot of my books). It was in the group of 3 for $1. What a treasure it is-it's like finding a gold nugget in a pile of sand. And I have never read Dante's work, but will do so now. I can't wait to read the Poe novel (will buy it fresh, not from a used book sale), as I have been a fan of Poe's stories since a teen-ager - I'm now 69. Will pass "The Dante Club" on to my son, who is a literature major, and also has a law degree. Keep writing!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Manhattan Beach, CA
DATE	Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 01:57:44 AM

NAME	Rami Boochnik
COMMENTS	I have read the "Dante Club" and enjoied it very much. now I am reading "The Poe Shadow" and enjoing it as well
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Yeruham Israel
DATE	Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 07:23:29 AM

NAME	Jim Bohannon
URL	http://macheartist.blogspot.com/
COMMENTS	I just finished reading The Dante Club this afternoon, and now I'm looking through my stacks of books trying to find my volumes of the Divine Comedy. I promise I will read them cover to cover, and now it will be much more fun. I loved the book, and The Poe Shadow is on my "to buy and read" list.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Milledgeville, Georgia
DATE	Monday, July 9th 2007 - 01:31:40 AM

NAME	Tim Ellis
COMMENTS	Just finished The Poe Shadow and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it and The Dante Club. Not being the most well read person on the planet, I was able to appreciate both books greatly without feeling out of the loop, but had my curiosity whetted in regards to the authors and poets you've written about. I am looking forward to your next book.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Worcester, MA
DATE	Monday, July 9th 2007 - 11:01:38 PM

NAME	Danielle
COMMENTS	I had to pick books to read over the summer for school, and since we usually don't have the option of what books we read I decided to chose one that would keep my attention, and that's exactly what The Poe Shadow did. I loved it! It's one of those books that you don't want to put down. I'd stay up until 1am reading this book. It is incredible how you created such an interesting and twisting plot but still kept it factual. Very good job. I'm very impressed......I know I'd never be able to do what you did.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	West Virginia
DATE	Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 12:50:34 PM

NAME	Scott
COMMENTS	For the longest time there has been only one author who I can honestly say I was always in eager wait for new material to come from. However, this man has passed on a couple years back and though there is another novel set to be released by him this winter, it is good to know that there more to come, hopefully, in the future from you. There are many gems in life, but only a few can catch the eye of either a floored ambition and now by enchanting literature once again. Thank You Matthew Pearl for reassuring the anticipations are still to come. As Ever, S.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Greenwood, Indiana
DATE	Sunday, July 15th 2007 - 10:00:50 PM

NAME	rebecca
COMMENTS	I'm a student going into 11th grade language and composition AP and The Dante Club was one of my required summer readings. The suspense kept me from putting the book down and it is definitely one of the best mystery novels I have ever read.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Alhambra, CA
DATE	Thursday, July 19th 2007 - 12:38:03 AM

NAME	Christine
COMMENTS	I picked up The Poe Shadow in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport while waiting for my flight back to Florida last weekend. I was interested because I remember visiting the Poe House in Philadelphia during my childhood. I've read a few of Poe's works and thought the book sounded exciting. Boy, was I right! I'm a very slow reader as I always take in every word & often catch myself "performing" the novel in my head. I couldn't put this one down. I had to read the interview and additional info about Poe's death at the end. I feel eager to return to Poe's house, which I will absolutely do when back in PA. Thanks for this great read. I'll keep an eye out for your work!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Orlando, FL
DATE	Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 08:25:22 PM

NAME	Erin
URL	http://www.freewebs.com/bizare13
COMMENTS	I've always loved Edgar Allen Poe for some reason (considering his poems and novels) but i believe The Haunted Palace was the first poem or any peice for that matter that i read of Poe's work. This website has an entire page dedicated to Poe, check it out.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Nebraska
DATE	Monday, July 30th 2007 - 01:37:37 PM

NAME	Shreyashi Ganguly
URL	http://curiousinsanity.blogspot.com
COMMENTS	I loved both of your books... the portrayal of each character is with such pathos, that they just don't seem like mere detective/ crime thriller/ mystery novels but transcend the confines of those genres to read like something worth a lot more. Your books reignited the passion to read classics in me. Thanks.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	india
DATE	Tuesday, July 31st 2007 - 02:19:22 AM

NAME	Nicole Masyk
COMMENTS	The Dante Club was excellent and I have bought the Poe Shadow and am eager to start it. Thank you so much for the Dante Club, it was wonderful!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	MO
DATE	Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 09:07:36 PM

NAME	Arwen Gernak
URL	http://arwengernak.bloxode.com
COMMENTS	My english is too bad to read a comment in this language. I'll write than in french. So sorry. Monsieur Pearl, Votre livre est incroyablement riche. Je ne parle pas de l'intrigue, qui � elle seule suffirait d�j�, mais de toutes vos r�flexions sur cette oeuvre magistrale qu'est la Divine Com�die. Vos dipl�mes en litt�rature vous ont certes �t� d'une grande aide mais sans le talent auraient-ils suffi � nous livrer un tel roman. Vous passionnez sur tous les plans couvrant ainsi un large public de lecteur. J'ai h�te de lire votre prochaine parution, certaine que vous ne nous d�cevrez pas. La litt�rature am�ricaine peut se targuer d'avoir une nouvelle star � son drapeau. Cordialement, Arwen Gernak
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Belgium
DATE	Thursday, August 9th 2007 - 07:59:27 AM

NAME	yishan
COMMENTS	i bought the poe shadow at a local bookstore, attracted by the storyline & the book's cover illustrations, and im glad i judged the bk right by its cover. though i have not read any of poe (other than some of his poems), your novel has my curiosity piqued and has inspired me to start reading him. im looking forward to reading the dante club, and im proud to say that both novels have places on my bkshelf. anticipating your next novel as an avid reader, yishan
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	singapore
DATE	Sunday, August 12th 2007 - 01:20:23 AM

NAME	Resti
COMMENTS	The Dante Club is excellent, i can't wait till the Poe Shadow is published in my country, Indonesia.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Jogjakarta
DATE	Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 02:33:30 AM

NAME	lexi
URL	http://www.myspace.com/lexistrife
COMMENTS	I absolutely loved The Dante Club. My interest in it started with the video game Devil May Cry, who's main character's name is Dante, and his twin brother's name is Vergil. I came across the book almost a year ago and thought it sounded kinda cool. I just recently bought it (Finally had money to burn XD) and fell in love with it. Simply amazing! <3
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Michigan
DATE	Wednesday, August 29th 2007 - 11:18:47 PM

NAME	Daniela
COMMENTS	I trult enjoyed the Dante Club!! It was very intriguing and exciting. I'm in Mrs. Winrow's class, and I was wondering if you could come visit us some time when you come to Florida?
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Florida
DATE	Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 06:27:40 PM

NAME	Flavio
COMMENTS	Visto che hai scritto un libro che parla di Dante e della Divina Commedia, penso che tu conosca l'italiano. Premesso cio, ti volevo dire che "il circolo di Dante" � un gran bel libro a tratti mi ha ricordato "il nome della rosa" di Uberto Eco. Great book, I read very fast, but the begin it's very hard.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Milano, Italia
DATE	Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 08:42:44 AM

NAME	Lorna
COMMENTS	I read The Dante Club a few months ago and thought it was amazing. I picked it up one day in the book store and ended up sitting there in the shop for two or three hours reading it just because I couldn't put it down. Eventually I dragged myself away long enough to buy it. It's the best book I've read in a long time. I started reading The Poe Shadow today and I've only read about 15 pages but I've already got the same feeling about this one. I can't wait to read more.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Scotland
DATE	Thursday, September 20th 2007 - 02:36:32 PM

NAME	Lee
COMMENTS	I just read The Poe Shadow and absolutely loved it! The death of Edgar Poe has always intrigued me and to see it fictionalized in your book was interesting, fun, and exciting. This is the first of your books that I've read and now I can't wait to read The Dante Club and look forward to all your future works. Thanks!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Houston, TX
DATE	Thursday, September 20th 2007 - 05:40:29 PM

NAME	Febry Suhartono
COMMENTS	One fine masterpiece Mr. Pearl! I like Dante's Divine Comedy, and i sure like your Dante Club. You open "new possiblities" about Dante's mind with your story. Don't know what to say more.... "One Fine Masterpiece!" For you guys out there,.... read this book! ^_^
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Jakarta, DKI Jakarta - Indonesia
DATE	Tuesday, September 25th 2007 - 12:56:18 AM

NAME	Jeff Jerome
COMMENTS	Your website is terrific! Truly professional and fun to navigate. I think I have at least 10 copies of your book. People keep giving me your book as a gift. Hmmm...maybe I'll start selling them at the Poe House??? Jeff Jerome Curator, Poe House and Museum Baltimore, Maryland
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Baltimore
DATE	Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 07:41:30 PM

NAME	Frank Tristani
COMMENTS	Loved The Dante Club. Bought the Poe Shadow because of it and will be reading it next. It is getting more difficult to find intelligently written books in the the mediocre world we live in. Dante has always been a compelling subject that polarizes discussion between genius and madman. I tend to the genius side. Thanks.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Ontario
DATE	Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 08:52:40 PM

NAME	Weaverman
COMMENTS	Have just finished THE POE SHADOW and loved it as much as I loved THE DANTE CLUB. Great books lead one to great books. I await your next eagerly.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Southend, England
DATE	Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 05:17:03 PM

NAME	Roel
COMMENTS	Great book ! I think that the spirit of the book was translated perfectly in Dutch. Greetings from Holland
DATE	Tuesday, October 16th 2007 - 06:39:04 PM

NAME	Joseph V LaMartina
COMMENTS	I extremely enjoyed your book, I have always had a fascination with Edgar A Poe and you have revived the passion at which I used to read his works and study the man himself. I have been lucky to have been raised in Baltimore and know where all or most of the palces in your book where or are now,Thank You again
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Baltimore, Maryland
DATE	Wednesday, October 17th 2007 - 03:41:36 PM

NAME	Kiri E. Reyes
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl, I haven't read your book yet, but I would really like to. I have loved Edgar Allan Poe since I was almost seven years old. I'm now sixteen, with a little girl of my own and she loves to hear his stories and poems before bed. I look forward to reading your book VERY soon.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Lubbock, TX
DATE	Friday, October 26th 2007 - 01:46:51 PM

NAME	Billy Willis
URL	http://www.lonestarholsters.com
COMMENTS	Mr. Pearl, I have now read both of your books. I can't say how much I enjoyed them. I am looking forward to the next one. The period is very interesting and filled with mystery.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Early, Texas
DATE	Monday, October 29th 2007 - 04:17:16 PM

NAME	Zach Cole
URL	http://www.myspace.com/zacharycolewriter
COMMENTS	Thanks for coming up to "our neck of the woods" for the Maine Literary Festival. I really enjoyed more speech and had a few good laughs at the panel discussions, especially in regards to the "spooky" microphone ;)
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Rockland, Maine
DATE	Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 04:31:07 PM

NAME	Isa Cedeira
COMMENTS	Congratulations on your The Poe Shadow novel! I�ve just finished reading it, and it had been a while since I had been that hooked on a book! In fact, I have the illustrated complete Edgar Allan Poe works on my desk right now, and Im looking forward to rereading it! After Poe, The Dante Club is the second on my reading list! Thanks so much for your brilliant work and keep it up. Truly hope that your 3rd one is coming out soon! :-) Isa, a Spaniard living in Boston!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Boston, MA
DATE	Thursday, November 15th 2007 - 01:05:57 AM

NAME	Josh C
COMMENTS	these books are awesome. i am only to chapter fifteen in the poe shadow but the contrast between duponte and clark is already killing me am i the only one who noticed that clark seems to be a nieve want-to-be? still like the book though good symbols and good social statements and sayings and poeisms riddled throughout. the dante club was my favorite modern piece of literature though because i love dante so much. i can't imagine the difficulty of the task of depicting the authors so many americans love as normal people and not the demigods we see them as. masterfully done; truely dante rests in the fourth sphere and smiles.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	va
DATE	Saturday, November 17th 2007 - 09:35:20 PM

NAME	John Taylor
COMMENTS	I've read them both....twice. I came to the site to see what's next. Good literary fiction is hard to find...style is at least as important as story...you are right up there with the master of style...John Updike...even though your subject matter couldn't be more different. Thanks for the many hours of peace I find in reading...
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	CA
DATE	Tuesday, November 27th 2007 - 01:47:02 AM

NAME	edwina danielle fernandez
COMMENTS	i am in the process of reading the poe shadow, i am so facinated with edgar allan poe always have been. i also excited to finish the poe shadow, all of my thanks and appreciation goes to you for writing this book and adding to my enjoyment.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	colorado springs ,CO
DATE	Thursday, November 29th 2007 - 02:14:27 PM

NAME	Stefnie Pence
COMMENTS	I just finished The Dante Club and I look forward to getting The Poe Shadow in hopes that it will be just as captivating!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Port Huron, Michigan
DATE	Friday, November 30th 2007 - 11:47:52 AM

NAME	inzamam prasad
COMMENTS	it is a great book... i dint understand dante's poem because im still just 11 years old.holmes looks a bit like darwin.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	surat,gujarat,india
DATE	Monday, December 10th 2007 - 08:43:02 AM

NAME	Ed Bertoli
URL	http://www.myspace.com/edbertoli
COMMENTS	I was first introduced to Dante, oddly enough, after reading Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's SF novel "Inferno" back in the late 70s. Having just finished "The Dante Club" I must say I that I absolutely enjoyed it. Thanks for the novel, and thanks for re-kindling my Dante spark. I'm really looking forward to the Longfellow translation. Best regards and continued success
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	St Catharines Ontario Canada
DATE	Sunday, December 16th 2007 - 12:02:19 AM

NAME	Samantha
COMMENTS	Loved both books. They were excellent!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	New York
DATE	Sunday, December 23rd 2007 - 10:20:53 AM

NAME	Panagiota
COMMENTS	The Poe shadow was an excellent book as Dante and has been read a lot in Cyprus. We need more books and stories..... because the words coming up from that book releave the great hunger that the story creates to our minds as we passing through the pages and also releves the great need that we, people have for reading and travel through the magic words of Pearl's imagination....congradulations!!!!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Nicosia, Cyprus
DATE	Tuesday, January 8th 2008 - 08:07:26 AM

NAME	stiofan
COMMENTS	Class book, best read Ive had in a while. But on your tour schedule, you list Dublin Ireland under the United Kingdom!! We are an independant Republic with no connection to the UK!
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Dublin
DATE	Wednesday, January 9th 2008 - 09:00:30 AM

NAME	Mark Basman
COMMENTS	Exceptional book. A rare find. Thanks a lot.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Melbourne
DATE	Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 08:46:09 AM

NAME	Deborah Hill
COMMENTS	Loved The Dante Club. Can't wait to read the Poe book.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Wetumpka, AL
DATE	Wednesday, January 16th 2008 - 10:33:39 AM

NAME	John Pocsik
URL	http://www.yahoo.com
COMMENTS	An extraordinary blend of scholarship & storytelling (THE DANTE CLUB). I've not experienced this kind of literary "rush" since meeting up with Perez-Reverte's sinister book mercenary or Mark Danielewski's even more sinister House. Loved the "Tennyson oath moment", and the grand idea of solving a mystery, utilizing literary "clews". And THE POE SHADOW lies waiting...
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Bridgeton, MO. US
DATE	Friday, February 8th 2008 - 09:36:35 AM

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NAME	Matthew Pearl
E-MAIL	see "About the Author"
URL	http://www.matthewpearl.com
COMMENTS	Thanks so much for stopping by my guestbook! This is a place where you can just let me know you've been by, or post comments or questions about The Dante Club or The Poe Shadow. I really appreciate your support. This is a new guestbook since the others filled up - but you can still see them by clicking on the "view past messages" buttons at the bottom of the page.
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE	Cambridge, MA USA
DATE