Drood

'Where is my nephew?, asked Mr Jasper, wildly. 'Where is your nephew?' repeated Neveille. 'Why do you ask me?' 'I ask you,' retorted Jasper, 'because you were the last person in his company, and he is not to be found.' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Speculation remains rife as to its probably conclusion; evidence suggests that, fascinated as Dickens was by details of the plotting, his basic concern was for character and appropriate setting, in particular the character of the hero-villain, Jasper.

Centrato sulle figure di due degli scrittori inglesi più influenti della modernità, è un romanzo storico-letterario sul mistero dell'ultimo omonimo romanzo rimasto incompiuto di Dickens, un inquietante racconto sovrannaturale e un'indagine psicologica sui recessi più oscuri della mente umana. Un'opera ambiziosa nella produzione narrativa di uno dei maestri contemporanei del romanzo americano.