The Name of this Book is Secret is a 2007 fantasy novel by Pseudonymous Bosch. The author's real name, as Bosch is a pseudonym, is Raphael Simon. It chronicles the adventures of two children, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they investigate the mysterious death of local Pietro Bergamo. As you find out later in the book, he is not really dead. Frequently during the course of the book Pseudonymous chastises himself for writing the secret, going so far as to change his mind and stop halfway through, only to bribe himself into completing the story.
In enormous lettering the first page warns: "Do not read beyond this page!" The reason? The book contains a secret so nefarious as to be dangerous even to innocent page-turners daring enough to venture forth. The first few chapters present a tricky little exercise in metafiction in which the story about a secret is revealed as being itself too secret to tell, a ploy sure to tickle more puzzlesome readers. But then the intrusive narrator, who is equal parts snarky and delightful, strikes a deal and deigns to tell the story with fake names in Your Hometown, as long as you agree to "forget everything you read as soon as you read it." Then follows a not terribly shocking story wherein two intrepid kids uncover a mysterious society bent on immortality, which gets them in and out of all manner of trouble. While some may be disappointed that there is no mind-bending secret at the bottom of it all as promised, most junior Da Vinci Coders will likely be having too much fun to notice. Chipman, Ian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Ngay trang đầu của quyển sách là dòng chữ "Đừng đọc những trang khác ngoài trang này". Lý do ư? Chính là quyển sách này chứa đựng một bí mật kinh hoàng. Từ đây cuộc phiêu lưu của nhà ảo thuật Max Ernest bắt đầu.
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