- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Scribner; Reprint edition (4 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743248503
- ISBN-13: 978-0743248501
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 517,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Hilary Mantel
[Sam North] has an arresting sense of place, a good anthropologist's eye...I found it very real and moving'
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'North is a genuinely original writer, and the commemoration of the unnumbered will be hard to forget'
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's a real shame that this book wasn't better, as it is such an appealing premise. The characters feel somewhat flat - both Lucas and Neo have little depth; the plot meanders; the novel never takes flight as one hopes.
The author can obviously write - there are some passages which are disturbing, amusing, uplifting. But it's not quite the 'Great Novel of London Immigrants' that I hoped it would be. A good editor and six months more work would have helped.
Still, it'll probably make a good TV series if a decent screenwriter gets their hands on it.
The author can obviously write - there are some passages which are disturbing, amusing, uplifting. But it's not quite the 'Great Novel of London Immigrants' that I hoped it would be. A good editor and six months more work would have helped.
Still, it'll probably make a good TV series if a decent screenwriter gets their hands on it.
11 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
North's book evokes an aspect of modern Britain that many people would like to pass by. But the depth of observation, the immediacy of description and the passionate storytelling make this a gripping tale of true young love in a desperate world. The story rises to a spine chilling climax, which could be ripped from today's headlines - or the small print on a back page - because the dispossessed aren't very interesting? This book will open your mind and heart.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic first novel. It provides an insight into a way of life most of us never experience, through great characterisation and plot. It is a very compelling read (I had to be reminded I had reached the last stop on the tube on more than one occasion); with a sinister background that keeps you on tender hooks to the very end. Highly recommended. I am looking forward to Sam North's next novel.
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