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Journal Entry 1 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, August 23, 2007
 Donated to my bookcrossing addiction by friends of mine who were cleaning out their shelves. I've read this (I have a personal copy somewhere) and really enjoyed it, although it was possibly a bit over-convoluted at times.
From the back of the book (all typos mine):
Tom Sullivan, about to graduate form Princeton, is haunted by the violent death of his father, an academic who devoted his life to one of the rarest, most complex books in the world. Coded in seven languages, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, an intricate mathematical mystery and a tale of love and arcane brutality, has baffled scholars since 1499.
Tom's friend Paul is similarly obsessed and when a long-lost diary surfaces they finally seem to make a breakthrough. But only hours later, a fellow researcher is murdered and the two friends suddenly find themselves in great danger. Working desperately to expose the book's secret, they slowly uncover a Renaissance tale of passion and blood, a hidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect...
UPDATE: Reserved for the Oz Virtual Book Box!
UPDATE 18-SEP-2007: Snaffled by BellaMack. I shall pop it in the post asap!
UPDATE 21-SEP-2007: In the post to BellaMack today. Happy reading!
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The Rule of Four
