Secretul noptii

De Gaston Leroux

Ochii reporterului, care nu-si pierdusera obiceiul de a observa totul, se oprira din nou asupra unui sac din panza aspra, care zacea pe jos. Tanarul simti un tremur usor, caci isi dadu seama imediat ca sacul continea un corp omenesc. Isi intoarse capul, doar ca sa vada un alt sac gol, care ii era destinat lui. Atunci, Rouletabille inchise ochii. De undeva de afara se auzi o muzica... Gaston Leroux face dovada ca manuieste cu abilitate arta de a construi un roman politist chiar si in inghetata si conservatoarea Rusie.

• Limbă: Română
• Editor: Aldo Press
• Data lansării: 7 mai 2012
• ISBN: 9789737011329

Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and writer of detective fiction. Born in Paris, Leroux attended school in Normandy before returning to his home city to complete a degree in law. After squandering his inheritance, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic to avoid bankruptcy. As a journalist, Leroux earned a reputation as a leading international correspondent, particularly for his reporting on the 1905 Russian Revolution. In 1907, Leroux switched careers in order to become a professional fiction writer, focusing predominately on novels that could be turned into film scripts. With such novels as The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908), Leroux established himself as a leading figure in detective fiction, eventually earning himself the title of Chevalier in the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award for merit. The Phantom of the Opera (1910), his most famous work, has been adapted countless times for theater, television, and film, most notably by Andrew Lloyd Webber in his 1986 musical of the same name.