- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (5 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743238877
- ISBN-13: 978-0743238878
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 6.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,477,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When he chances upon a strange piece of graffiti daubed on the walls of a north London restaurant, the violence of his reaction takes Alfie Flowers by surprise. The thorny circle of dashes and zigzags seems to reach right inside his brain - and provokes a flashback to a terrifying childhood incident. The incident Alfie has spent his life trying to forget. Convinced the graffiti artist possesses the clues to his past, Alfie sets out to track down the elusive 'Morph'. His search will lead him to the mysterious Nomads' Club and a secret history of espionage, culminating in the disappearance of Alfie's father over twenty years before. But the real secret of the graffiti patterns - or 'glyphs' - is to be found amidst the chaos of post-war Iraq. There, within the shadowy depths of an ancient network of caves, Alfie will uncover the powerful and disturbing truth behind the rituals of a strange, prehistoric society. But there are others seeking the source of the glyphs. People with sinister and dangerous motives - and if they were to succeed in their aims, the consequences would be too horrible to contemplate...
About the Author
Paul McAuley has worked as a researcher in biology at various universities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in plant science at St Andrews University. His first novel won the prestigious Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and his fifth the Arthur C. Clarke and the John W. Campbell Awards. He lives in North London.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Is it really the same author as White Devils?,
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This review is from: Mind's Eye (Paperback)
Mind's Eye Review
I noticed this book in the library. I had been a big fan of the excellent White Devils, but - criminally - I lost the book, the title and the name of the author amidst a pile of 300 or so paperbacks stored at my parents house during a move into my apartment a few years back. Eventually I came across White Devils during a hunt for Stephen King's Dark Tower, and thus emboldened I endeavored to pick up some more of McCauley's work. Having no other experience of the author I expected the same taut, action-packed, neo-political novel White Devils had been. In fact Mind's Eye is quite a departure in a number of ways. Gone is the broad scope of a future Africa, replaced with a meandering 30-something wandering through London, attempting to track down a graffiti artist whose artwork has parallels to a childhood accident that renders him susceptible to epileptic fits. Gone is the tight dialogue of White Devils, replaced with light, chatty conversation, even amidst violent action scenes. This works: to a point. While McCauley nods a head at humour you never really feel convinced these characters are real. The difference is style is also remarkable. If I read both books without knowing the author I would not have thought they were the same person. On the front of the book is a quote from Michael Marshall Smith, and I'm not surprised this author is here. McCauley's style is similar to Marshall-Smith's, most notably with the characters and his invocation of London, but here he lacks Smith's humour and ability to write from the heart. The story is engaging at first, but shows its cards too early and the last third drags on. McCauley writes London well, but fails to match this once we leave England and head abroad. Another surprising turn, seeing as White Devils crossed many countries without once failing to convince. I think I'll pick up more McCauley work in the future, but I admit Mind's Eye is a disappointment.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Indiana Jones meets Andy Warhol and Steven Spielberg,
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This review is from: Mind's Eye (Paperback)
A bit of a romp ... Sort or 60's psychotropia mixed with CIA/MI6 intrigue and a bit of Indiana Jones thrown in. Alfie Flowers (I kept seeing Michael Caine ...) sees some graffiti that reminds him of something he found with some weird stuff that he (must have) ingested when he was poking through his mysterious grandfather's desk as a young child ... From there, we head off on a half-way across the world (as far as Iraq/Turkey - Kurdish-tan, anyway)... and encounter a mad Yank psychiatrist, a psychopathic ex-CIA butcher ... sundry henchmen as cannon-fodder and a few mindless knife and fire-weilding zombies, just for good measure. Quite readable, and the pace is frantic - very Raymond Chandler: whenever it flags, there's another dead body falling from the 30th storey!
Perhaps there are pretensions of significance: a 'glyph' whichm, when attached to a political party's flag makes all its see-ers think of ... peace. OK. I'd like to see that.
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MIND;S EYE,
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This review is from: Mind's Eye (Hardcover)
THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK OF MIND ALTERNING EXPERIENCES.IT ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO SEES A GYLPH AND HIS LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVER. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK ! PLEASE READ IT !
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