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The Narrows [Paperback]

James Brogden
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Book Description

1 Jan 2012
There are places where the skin of the world is thin. Here, miracles walk the streets, and nightmares haunt the alleyways. Welcome to the Narrows.

Bex belongs to a hidden society of misfits, homeless, and runaways who live in the Narrows - the hidden paths that lie behind even the darkest of alleyways. For years they have lived invisibly alongside ordinary city-dwellers, with their own allegiances, their own dreams and deaths, loves and wars. Except that the Narrows are closing, and nobody knows why, and the things that hunt them have begun to chase them onto the daylight streets.

Andy Sumner lives a perfectly conventional life, but a chance encounter with a wounded and pursued Bex leads him into a world where the very laws of space and time are malleable. But how much of his life is truly governed by chance? Why does he seem to be able to control the Narrows? And what secrets were inscribed in the energy meridians of his own flesh by the dark figure that now hunts them both?

The search for answers will take Andy and Bex far beyond the spheres of reality that either of them have known, and to a confrontation with evil upon which hangs the fate of an infinity of possible worlds.


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  • Paperback: 365 pages
  • Publisher: Snowbooks (1 Jan 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1907777598
  • ISBN-13: 978-1907777592
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 518,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

James Brogden is a part-time Australian and teacher of English who lives in Worcestershire with his wife, two daughters, and far too much Lego. His short fiction has appeared in The Big Issue and Dark Horizons (the journal of the British Fantasy Society). The Narrows is his first novel.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating 28 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
I was gobsmacked to discover this was a debut novel, the writing style is so confident and developed. The story sucked me in from the get-go, I bonded easily with the two main characters and it even made me laugh at times. I couldn't put this book down and I genuinely didn't know where it was going to take me next.
I agree that if you are a fan of Gaiman, you would enjoy this, but don't make the mistake thinking the author is deliberately emulating him, he is a startlingly new and original talent in the field of urban fantasy and I can't wait for the next book, which I hope he is working on right now!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful 27 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
I honestly can't remember the last time I read a book that captivated me so thoroughly. I cared about the characters and loved the settings, both were carefully crafted and the story jogged along at a pace that made it difficult to put the book down. For me Brogden manages to rekindle both childhood fears and wished for adventures; that weird moment of finding yourself in a wild spot in the centre of the city that makes you feel like you're outside both reality and normality he has captured beautifully. There are odd moments in the book where he has managed to create 'almost memories' as though you are reading something that, at some time, you might have glimpsed from the corner of your eye but then ignored, this occasionally made for uneasy but wonderful reading.

The Narrows has already been likened to Gaimen's Neverwhere but I'm inclined to disagree. Although the initial premise is similar I find both Brogden's hero's and his villain more believable, less childish and eminently more likely to react with human emotion. I really hope this isn't going to be his only work.

I finished the book today at lunchtime. While I was sitting there a man tapped me on the shoulder and said. "Can I be rude and ask what you're reading?" I showed him the book and he wrote down the title, when I asked him why he'd asked he said. "Well, you've sat there for over five minutes with that half eaten sandwich three inches from your mouth and haven't taken a bite, I had to find out what it was that was so engrossing." I think that says it all.

I'm a huge fan of Urban Fantasy: Gaiman, De Lint, Carey, Black, Holdstock, Butcher and many others, I can honestly say this book will happily sit amidst those authors on my bookshelf and easily hold its own.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Narrows - Gaimanesque 28 Jan 2012
By Shaggy
Format:Paperback
I can think of no higher compliment to this novel than to note that, throughout, I was constantly reminded of Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere'. The world of shadows and unseen places that Brodgen conjures in his first (!) novel, is one very much in the tradition of the creator of 'Sandman' and 'American Gods'. Read it in one sitting and enjoyed every page.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it.
I like this. I like it much more than many of the current 'hot properties' currently taking up swathes of shelf space in books'r'us. Read more
Published 1 month ago by KA Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Birmingham through a fantasy lens - brilliant!
The Narrows is a very accomplished book, weaving together so many things that I love, it's hard to know where to start.
The writing style is confident and easy-going. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Heide Goody
5.0 out of 5 stars imagine
for a first time author this is fantastic, james brogden opens a whole new world for the reader to investigate
Published 2 months ago by K. Berry
2.0 out of 5 stars Sample Only - No Sale - Spoiler Alert
I've been asked by the author to look (at least) at the sample and give a heads up. No idea why, maybe he just wanted some totally no BS 100% honest comments. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Combat Wombat
5.0 out of 5 stars Double 5 stars (one off me... one off my Son)
I bought this book for my son when it was first released. I paid the original RRP of £7.99 without batting an eyelid, because I'd already read some of this book on an American... Read more
Published 7 months ago by AlinasVoice
5.0 out of 5 stars Slightly biased
I have just been sent a copy of The Narrows by the author. I might be slightly biased (being his mother) but I have to say that I just couldn't put the book down. It is terrific. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars First of many...I hope so.
I used to read this sort of stuff regularly, but it all started to become to samey. Not anymore! For a debut novel this is a rung or three higher than most. Read more
Published 14 months ago by JumboSlim
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
A thoroughly believable other world. Although thronged with weirdness, the reader is totally captivated by both the setting and the characters. A must read! Tell all your friends!
Published 15 months ago by TC
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