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'Grounded in a tale of Mephistophelian friendship, THE CAVE ambitiously bursts its bounds, shifting Krabbe's expert structuring through Graham Greene-esque travelougue, haunting thriller and, finally, the kind of cosmic hymn to coincidence Alex Garland aimed for in THE TESSERACT' The Face 'Short, spare and unflinchingly dark' The Times 'Krabbe's carefully constructed narrative has a geometry so precise that the patterns buried under the surface emerge only in the final pages' New York Times 'Like that classic 1980s film THE VANISHING, based on a novel by Krabbe, [THE RIDER]is a story of dark obsession...Best read in one sitting, it is a book full of insight into the whys and wherefores of a sport that is frightening in its intensity' Sunday Times
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On his way back to Amsterdam from New Zealand Jacques Bekker's plane is delayed, giving him four unexpected hours in Sydney. On a whim he decides to look up an old girlfriend - his first love. He arrives on Monique's street just as a stylish woman is loading a last suitcase into the back of a smart car. Thirty years vanish in the blink of an eye and before Jacques knows it he's become an accomplice to a disappearing act that will soon be front page news. But by then Jacques and Monique will be deep in the outback and well on the way to the treacherous heart of their teenage past.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good start but then it meanders,
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I was very impressed with Krabbe's "The Vanishing" and so I picked this up as soon as I saw it. Like "The Vanishing" it's a short novel and tells a simple, but compelling story. Unlike "The Vanishing" it doesn't maintain that to the end.Jacques Bekker's flight is delayed in Sydney and he uses the time to locate his first love. He finds her just as she is getting ready to disappear from her old life. The old control she had over him comes back and he follows her into the outback. The first three-quarters of the book are gripping but with each new set-up in the later stages a little of the tension is lost. But Krabbe does capture the incredible remoteness of much of the outback and he paints a convincing picture of lives looking for meaning. Overall though, it is a disappointment next to "The Vanishing".
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This review is from: Delay (Paperback)
A simple enough plot where a man meets an old flame and starts out on an adventure with her. He was infatuated and still seems to be susceptible to her ideas. So as not to spoil the plot for anyone who might want to read it I will just suumarise by saying events pile up and the nice intersection of the present and past gives the central character and the plot a little depth.
Not a challenging or educational read; but it was enjoyable and well paced. An ideal novel for travelling or a wet lazy weekend.
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A missing lover,
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This review is from: Delay (Paperback)
A man, famous in the Netherlands, is delayed in Sydney for 4 hours on his way home. His collegues decided to take a trip into the city, and he decides to go looking for an ex-girlfriend. He finds her and she takes him with her on a ride across Australia, as she flees the law.
Fast paced the book was an easy read. Some chapters have hints of history, but the main character seemed a weak willed individual, easily bullied by an ex-love. |
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