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The Killjoy (Paperback)

by Anne Fine (Author)
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 218 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (1 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552998281
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552998284
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 358,648 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Nobody, not even his former wife Margaret, has ever treated Ian Laidlaw in a natural way. Presented with his hideous facial scars, everyone he meets reliably falls back on cast-iron, distant courtesy to hide pity or disgust or shock. But then Alicia Davie, a careless young student, breaks the rules totally by laughing in his face. Alicia goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, exposing the obsessive, destructive passions that lurk beneath his primly cordial manner, never realizing that she is playing with fire...

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Nobody, not even his former wife Margaret, has ever treated Ian Laidlaw in a natural way. Presented with his hideous facial scars, everyone he meets reliably falls back on cast-iron, distant courtesy to hid pity or disgust or shock. But then Alicia Davie, a careless young student, breaks the rules totally by laughing in his face. Alicia goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, exposing the obsessive, destructive passions that lurk beneath his primly cordial manner, never realizing that she is playing with fire...

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An expertly crafted and sinister novel., 8 Aug 2000
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This is a very cleverly crafted novel. Fine expertly provides the reader with a facinating gradual exposure of a disturbed mind behind a successfully functional facade. The insight into the psyche of the main character exposes both touchingly sad and deeply disturbing facets. The subtly developing tale reaches a sinister and disturbing conclusion, not spoiled by the sense of inevitability hinted at the start. A compulsive and thrilling book that will haunt the reader long after the last page is finished.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good in Parts, 7 May 2009
By miss waspy (edinburgh Great Britain) - See all my reviews
I read this over twenty years ago, twice in fact, though I'm not sure I'd read it now. I remember thinking it was quite a sexy book, well written and rather gloomy. I agree with both previous reviews, it's very well written but then, all of a sudden, at the end he does WHAT? Why'd he do that? I suppose the whole point was about a supremely controlled man suddenly losing it completely.I'd recommend it if you like to think more about the characters' motives than the plot. I probably wouldn't read it now because I object to the idea of some middle aged lecturer swarming all over a young student. Five stars to balance out the fact that one reviewer is in twice, his second 2 and my five average out at 3.5 which I think is about right.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disjointed, disconcerting, disappointing, 4 Jun 2003
By JOHN (PARIS/FRANCE) - See all my reviews
A hideously disfigured academic begins an affair with one of his students. The affair develops into something obsessive, and gradually more and more sado-masochistic. From the opening sentences of the retrospective narrative it is abundantly clear that things will end badly. But the sloppy construction of that narrative makes it extremely difficult for the reader to care exactly how badly. Despite some astute insights into the generation gap and moral standards, information about the narrator's past, his pride, his prejudices, tends to be thrown at the reader in irritatingly random fashion. Loose ends turn into presumably unintentional red herrings. Even the title strikes one as somehow inappropriate
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