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The Keep (Paperback)
by Jennifer Egan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus (6 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349120447
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349120447
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 116,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Product Description
Independent
`A novel boobytrapped with metafictional tricks and trap doors, it makes traditional gothic tales look positively homely in comparison'

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`A smart tale that is horror, fantasy and thriller, yet never loses its hold on the reader. A gripping yarn'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Complex and intelligent, 21 April 2008
By David Mantripp (Lugano, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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Far from the usual one dimensional horror story, this is a story of colliding and intertwined personal histories with a delicious twist at the end. Requires a certain degree of engagement by the reader, and anybody who has failed to get beyond Dan Brown level is probably going to be disappointed - but this is a surprisingly moving and thought provoking tale.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Keep It!, 20 April 2008
By J. D'Arcy (Portsmouth, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a rather strange novel. It switches between the story of Howard and Danny and the redevelopment of the `Keep' somewhere in Eastern Europe with many stories to tell from its walls. Their relationship is a fairly loose one and Danny feels guilty about a terrible childhood prank that caused Howard to change. Years later - Howard has come off best and Danny is struggling.

The other interlocking tale is of a prisoner, Ray as he goes through creative writing classes, there is a reason for this other tale and this becomes apparent as the story goes on. Are both stories linked like those that are trapped in prisons whether real ones or personal ones within their minds?

I did not find it enthralling, gripping or ghostly as some reviews have described it - it was bland and very one dimensional in my opinion. There were some well thought out and written parts between Danny and the Baroness but the reality of the book was somewhat lost on me. Were some of these characters one in the same person? Or was Ray telling the story of Danny and Howard and then someone was telling his story?

Maybe that was the point of it - what was reality and was complete fiction.
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