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Original Title:	The Fig Eater
ISBN:	0316785261 (ISBN13: 9780316785266)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Vienna(Austria)

The Fig Eater

Jody Shields

Paperback | Pages: 311 pages

Rating: 2.93 | 2806 Users | 438 Reviews

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Title	:	The Fig Eater
Author	:	Jody Shields
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 311 pages
Published	:	March 6th 2001 by Back Bay Books (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery

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When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer—for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year.

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Oh, goodness. The cover of this book is gorgeous and the description of the back cover had me itching to read it: Murder? In Vienna? In 1910? Yes, please! What could be better than a mash-up of historical fiction and murder mystery? Unfortunately, my expectations must have been miscalibrated because this book totally missed the mark for me.The story follows the Inspector (who remains nameless) as he investigates the death of Dora, a young girl from a well-to-do Viennese family whose throttled

Quite entertaining and well written. Science and Superstition, Husband and Wife, compete to solve a crime. They co-exist in a beautifully described Vienna of 1910. Is that ending metaphor or was it real?

Disturbing, grotesque, sensual, intelligent, darkly fanciful. Grounded in understanding of the pscyho-socio background of Freud's Vienna and Hungarian folk belief. Shields's writing style is beautifully restrained, leaning towards screenplay. It is more novel than whodunnit. Multitudinous themes are woven into the story: the interplay between superstition and science in the fin-de-siecle, the culture blend of Austria Hungary, of Germanic/Anglo Europe with Slavic, Hungarian and Gypsy Europe,

Ahh Dora, not the explorer my mind assosciates with the name. Unfortunately I didnt know much about Freud's Dora (other than what I quickly read on Wikipedia). But as my college years will prove, Wikipedia was enough to get by and appreciate Shield's imagined tragic end for Dora - again not the explorer, unless you count sexually exploring older gentlemen and possible ladies too?Anywho, it was a somewhat intriguing mystery, with a race between the inspector and wife (unbeknownst to them) to

When I started reading this something felt off, then I placed it. This book is written in present tense. This bothered me but the voice and the plot is so well done that I began to forget. The author was a screenplay writer and magazine editor, both mediums thrive in present tense, so that made me feel better about this book.

I just couldn't get into this novel. I'm not sure why exactly - it was well written, well researched (the description of 1910 Vienna and Hungarian folklore were in-depth and interesting) and it had what promised to be a riveting plot line. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work. I found the book difficult to follow at times. I constantly found myself rereading sections because the transitions were choppy. The characters were not fully realized. Hoping that the book would "pick up", I trudged

A young woman is found murdered in a Viennese park near the end of the summer in 1910. Only a few clues are found near the body, and the Inspector makes meticulous note of these in his notebooks. He has learned the psychological study of crime under Professor Hans Gross, now considered to be the father of criminology. The Inspector takes a very rational approach to his examination of the facts. [return][return]Meanwhile, his wife, Erszebet, a Hungarian adept at Romany arcana, launches her own