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Blue Place (Paperback)

by Nicola Griffith (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books (1 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380790882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380790883
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 459,420 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A suspense novel. . .a character study. . .a love story. . .told in lush and potent prose."--"Seattle Times

"It's hard to overpraise the taut plotting and broad intelligence of this thriller. . .Smart narative moves. . .tartly modulated prose that moves fluidly. . .Griffith seems destined to add to her laurels with this swank turn on the detective genre."--"Washington Post Book World

"Griffith has a fine way with character and a sure talent."--"Los Angeles Times

"A hero as sexy and iconic as televion's Xena. . .At once appalling and awe-inspiring, Aud is a bracing amaigam of fire and ice, of the New South and the Old World. She's a stirring inductee into the sisterhood of lady law. Or lawless, as the case may be."--"Village Voice

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A six-foot brash beauty, former undercover police lieutenant Aud Torvingen becomes drawn into a deadly international caper involving art forgery, drugs, sex, and murder when she collides with an alluring young woman in Atlanta. Reprint.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous, Exciting, Complete, 5 Jul 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: The Blue Place (Hardcover)
I read on and on into the night wanting to get to the end and yet knowing I would regret it's ending. I found this book to be exhilarating and moving.

Aud was the ultimate "butch", strong and sexy. Her character was intelligent as well as open to suggestion.

Having visited Altanta several times, it was interesting to walk through Atlanta one more time from the eyes of a woman such as Aud as well as explore the ice of Norway.

Women struggle with feelings of inadequacy most of their lives. I applaud Griffith for confidently putting the characters, Aud and Julia down on paper in such a self-assured way.

I must admit to finding some of the book lacking as the male characters seemed quite flat, but I attributed them to the pronounced quality of Aud Torvingen.

Ms. Griffith's use of metaphor and carefully placed descriptions of biological functions were accurate as well as interesting.

My hat's off to Nicola Griffith for putting together a book that should inspire many lesbian writers, women writers, to allow for the possibility of women as successful not throughly dependent on a man to survive.

I enjoyed it very much and have recommended it to my friends.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've read in a long time., 9 Aug 1999
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Nicola Griffith won me over on page 3 when she described Atlanta in winter as "a pale black and white photograph of a city." I read these two paragraphs during a literacy tutoring session; my student was more thrilled with those two paragraphs than anything else we've read. Beautifully written, great story, wonderful characters. I really hope Nicola Griffith gives us more Aud!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Independant ex-cop finds heart, 29 Nov 1998
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This review is from: The Blue Place (Hardcover)
Destined to become a classic of the genre. This is a rip-roaring, unputdownable, cracking page turner. A stunningly well paced narrative, building from a slow burn start to an ending that delivers a devastating blow.

Aud Torvingen - 6ft Norwegian Uberbabe. Ex-cop, and now bodyguard, self-defence expert, freefall skydiver, master carpenter, glacier climber and top horticulturist to boot(!!). A lethal killer. Super-cool, confident and in control. But becomes fallible as soon as she falls in love with Julia Lyons-Bennet, the woman whom Aud has been hired by, to protect.

This is a bitter-sweet love story, with a strong central character that you care deeply about. In Aud Torvingen, Nicola Griffith has created the quintessential Lesbian Icon. Intriguing, complex and believable.

By the very nature of the genre you know a tragedy is just waiting to happen. And the bad guy is screamingly obvious. But this doesn't matter. It is the journey that counts.

The narrative takes you to places you don't usually come across in this genre, and has a beautiful sence of time and place. Very evocative of the Norwegian landscape, mixing as it does myth and fable, the fjells, local cuisine, character and temperament.

The novel itself is reminiscent of David Lindsey's 'Requiem for a Glass Heart' in it's central Lesbian relationship, breakneck narrative thrust and killer ending.

Like all great novels 'The Blue Place' leaves you desperate for more. But how can any future installments ever hope to compare with such an astonishing and accomplished work - and one that is so obviously a one off.

A pleasure to read this outstanding novel. Extremely Highly Recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-READ!!!
Nicola's Griffith writing style is something i never ran across reading a lot of lesbian fiction or fiction.
A must-read book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by K-Nurik-K

3.0 out of 5 stars Kiss Me, Deadly
The first Nicola Griffith book I read was Slow River. That book (notwithstanding its somewhat bewildering intercutting of time-frames and of first- and third-person narrative)... Read more
Published on 5 April 2007 by Paul Magnussen

1.0 out of 5 stars Psychopath Lady Cop on the Loose!
Excuse me? Would blood-lusting Aud get past the psychological assessments of the police force? Since she did I assume this book is a critique of the Atlanta police unit! Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Good writing, Bad story
I considered myself a great fan of Nicola Griffith's after reading Slow River. However, The Blue Pace did not live up to my expectations. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, complex, genre-defying
Complex, layered, The Blue Place is a genre masterpiece. It centers on - indeed, is told from the first-person point of view of, Aud Torvingen, a Jane Bond fantasy super-heroine... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Dyke Queen Lover of Lesbian Detective Fiction
Quite a change of pace from the other two books in Griffith's oeuvre, but I agree with the other reviewers who liked this one. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Darkness in life's morning
Nicola Griffith's novels are focusing more and more astutely on the struggle to separate from family, the transition described as eloquently by Gail Sheehy as by the new-age... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars The Troll always gets you in the end
After devouring Griffith's first two well-written, well-researched works of speculative fiction(Ammonite, Slow River), I was looking forward to Blue Place. Read more
Published on 12 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Every book is killer!
Nicola has written four novels, and edited three anthologies. Each of these has won a major award, which is all the more remarkable given her movement from sf writer to sf editor... Read more
Published on 7 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read with interesting characters and description
Once you suspend your disbelief with respect to a 29 year old woman from Denmark being a retired Atlanta police lieutenant, this "novel of suspense" is a great read... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 1999

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