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"'I haven't been as excited by a new writer since I first read Ellroy or stumbled across the very first James Sallis... it's like picking up the first novel of a master. She is that good and better, that dark' Ken Bruen; 'The Not Knowing is gutters full of blood and moon, bodies and dreams, streets full of cries and whispers, secrets and lies - fiction every bit as fraught as the nightmares from whence it came' David Peace; 'Cathi Unsworth has long been an accomplished writer. With The Not Knowing she weaves together all her passions; music, cultural journalism, hip London, crime novels and edgy films - to give us, in the tradition of Derek Raymond and Ken Bruen, anglographies of contemporary London and of lives gone all edge' James Sallis"
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London, March 1992. Nearly a year after the release of Brit noir sensation, Bent, the capital is still in the grip of its cultural and stylistic impact. Diana Kemp, journalist on the alternative arts magazine Lux, is dismissive of the film?s cult following but admires the technique of its debut director, Jon Jackson. In fact, some of her admiration has a more personal nature and when Jon disappears following a triumphant Guardian lecture, she feels the loss, acutely. Two weeks? later, Jackson?s body is found in a condemned lock-up in the arches behind Camden market. A victim of his own success? Perhaps - the murder site resembles the particularly bloody final scene of Bent. But why would anyone want to destroy the golden boy in such a way? Attempting to put a lid on the past, Diana buries herself in work. But an assignment, at the ICA?s Crimewave festival, leads her on a voyage of discovery where not knowing might be the only thing that saves her.
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I discovered it thank to a review by Nude magazine (check it out).
I felt like I was very familiar with the writer in a sense that there is no distance from the reader (the kind of book you think "I could have written it if I were that good in writing ..."). She knows the subject and the style is truly good also when she deals with everyday life. Not a kitchen sink noir, but a contemporary prose with a twist of murder.
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I have never had a reaction to any book as intense as I did after reading THE NOT KNOWING. If you're a fan of psychologically driven suspense novels, this is the ultimate. The story is about a young journalist and her two partners, they recently teamed up to start their own magazine. The magazine's focus is movies and music. The person who recommended the book said she was 'gobsmacked' and for the first 2/3 of the book it didn't feel like anything dreadful could possibly happen and I couldn't imagine why she felt that way. By the time I finished reading it, I felt as if someone had grabbed me by my hair, and dragged and threw me across the room. Unsworth makes you feel as though you are the one being victimized. Bottom line, Cathi Unsworth is brilliant! |
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