The Poe ShadowBy: Matthew Pearl I present to you . . . the truth about this mans death and my life. Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poes own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own