- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (6 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330419757
- ISBN-13: 978-0330419758
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 758,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'I wouldn't compare this to Gorky Park, I would compare it to Dante's Inferno. The mystery is, why aren't there more books as good as this? The reason is that very few of us have been to places as dark as this, and John Fullerton has.' Martin Cruz Smith
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Absolutely first-rate...shocking enough to steal the breath and bruise the heart...Too good to miss. (refers to hardback)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best anti-war books - and crime novels - I've read. A lone policeman insists on investigating the murder of a young woman - although murders are happening every day in Sarajevo at the hands of the Serb nationalists surrounding the city. This is a heart-rending story of conscience, a man's love for his fellow man, for his alcoholic wife, for his city, for a young woman. A wonderful war story.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This excellent story transcends the bounds of "thriller" and goes into deeper territory where morality, honour, truth and duty all come under scrutiny. Apparently written using incidents culled from the author's own experiences while a Reuters correspondent and put on paper as a sort of catharsis, the tautness of the storyline and the evocative writing elevate The Monkey House to the front-rank. It reminded me strongly of of (long-forgotten) Geoffrey Household in its intensity of evocation of atmosphere and the best of Le Carre in plotting.
The basic tenet of the story is very simple: how does an honourable man cope when the world descends into madness around him? and what does that honourable man do if he is a policeman investigating murders when almost everyone else in his whole world is busily engaged in the legitimated murder of civil warfare?
John Fullerton has written an exceptional book with a story based in one of the nastiest of modern conflicts but drawing out a timeless morality of the Good Man.
This book was published three years before Dan Fesperman's much-lauded "Lie in the Dark" and deals with much the same themes -- but in superior writing, to my mind
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This excellent story transcends the bounds of "thriller" and goes into deeper territory where morality, honour, truth and duty all come under scrutiny. Apparently written using incidents culled from the author's own experiences while a Reuters correspondent and put on paper as a sort of catharsis, the tautness of the storyline and the evocative writing elevate The Monkey House to the front-rank. It reminded me strongly of of (long-forgotten) Geoffrey Household in its intensity of evocation of atmosphere and the best of Le Carre in plotting.
The basic tenet of the story is very simple: how does an honourable man cope when the world descends into madness around him? and what does that honourable man do if he is a policeman investigating murders when almost everyone else in his whole world is busily engaged in the legitimated murder of civil warfare?
John Fullerton has written an exceptional book with a story based in one of the nastiest of modern conflicts but drawing out a timeless morality of the Good Man.
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Fails to ignite my blue touch paper
Fullerton's thriller takes us to the theatre of war in Sarajevo, bombarded daily and nightly by the Serbs. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by Eileen Shaw
An intelligent thriller
Rosso reminded me of Martin Cruz Smith's detective, Arkady Renko. A decent, stubborn detective determined to do the right thing, against all the odds. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2007 by Chris Rawlings
Excellent writing elevates this to the front rank of "noir"
This excellent story transcends the bounds of "thriller" and goes into deeper territory where morality, honour, truth and duty all come under scrutiny. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2004 by Barton Keyes
the real thing
Gritty, realistic...this is the Afghanistan and the Afghans the way they really are. A fast, well-written thriller with loads of action and some nasty surprises. Read more
Published on 11 July 2003 by "ancientbriton"
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