Dean Corso

Dean Corso

Background

Dean Corso is a rare book finder in New York City. He smokes Lucky Strike cigarettes. Dean lives in apartment 127.

During the events of The Ninth Gate (1999) played by Johnny Depp

Dean goes to the home of Old Man (The Ninth Gate)|Old Man to value his library. He tells Old Man's Son and his Daughter-In-Law the collection of books is worth $600,000 and then offers to buy Old Man's four volume Ibarra edition of Don Quixote for $4000 to $4200. He then leaves and brags to Witkin about his purchase. He is hired by Boris Balkan to authentic his recently purchased copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows by the author Aristide Torchia. Dean takes the book and then leaves. He goes to speak with Liana Telfer whose husband Andrew Telfer had owned the copy of the book before selling it to Balkan. She is surprised to find out the book was sold and as Dean is leaving her home, he sees Liana's Bodyguard staring at him. He goes to the library to look up information on the book and sees The Girl, who he had seen earlier. He returns home and finds the door to his apartment open and his items thrown on the ground. Dean then goes to his friends Bernie's book store and asks him to hide the book for him. He returns home to pack and hears his doorbell ring. He answers the door and Liana comes inside. She makes him an offer to purchase the book and then they have sex. Afterwards she asks where the book is and when he acts like he doesn't know what she is talking about she attacks him. He goes to Bernie's to pick up The Nine Gates and finds Bernie dead. He takes a flight to Spain and goes to the shop of Pablo and Pedro Ceniza. They tell him the book is genuine and then give him a clue that the engravings are signed by two different people, some by Torchia and some by LCF or Lucifer. Dean then travels to Portugal and meets with Victor Fargas, who allows him to study his copy of The Nine Gates. He notices that the engravings that are signed by Lucifer differ between the copies. He returns to his hotel room where he sees The Girl sitting in the lobby. He is speaking to her when the Hotel Porter tells him he has a phone call. Dean answers the phone and gives Balkan an update of what he has found out. In the early morning he is woken up by The Girl who tells him he needs to return to Fargas' mansion. They use her motorcycle and find Fargas dead and his copy of The Nine Gates burning in the fire place. They fly into Paris and Dean books a room with Gruber.