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Dark Spectre (Paperback)

by Michael Dibdin (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (20 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571177530
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571177530
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 762,702 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A series of apparently random and motiveless murders occurs in towns and cities all over America. There is nothing to connect them with an obscure religious sect operating from a Pacific island, and dedicated to the scriptural study of William Blake's poetry and the initiation of a chosen few.

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3.0 out of 5 stars I didn't want to be haunted by this book., 6 May 2000
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I fought "Dark Spectre". I really didn't want to like this book, and I kept finding excuses to dislike it. It was, I said to myself, a far reach of the imagination, an outlandish plot, filled with stereotyped characters--the religious fanatic, the professional policewomen, all the lost and emotionally homeless people. The writing, I groused, was uneven: sometimes it was brilliant, and light would shine on a word or phrase. But sometimes the writing was dark and tortured, even flabby, and I struggled to find meaning. And the ending! well, it was like the 1812 Overture. It just went on and on, with more gunshots, characters emerging, situations developing. And finally, 'not with a bang, but a whimper': '"Coo-ul", he said.'

I sure didn't want this book to follow me. I didn't want to think it was too real, that it could actually happen, that people are this bizarre and twisted and lost. But you know what? I am writing this review--sleepless, thinking, in the middle of the night.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Worryingly good, 28 Dec 2003
By M. V. Clarke (Durham, UK) - See all my reviews
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The plot for this book seemed so outlandish that I was somewhat dubious when I started to read it, but quickly became engrossed and finished it inside 2 days! The story centres mainly around Phil, who talks us through his wild student days and on into mid-life anonymity in suburbia. However, he is reunited with Sam, an old friend from college days. A series of tragic events lead Phil to Sam's new home on an island off the West Coast of the USA, where he rules over a violent sect devoted to the study of William Blake. The seeminlgy unconnected events recorded throughout the book are all drawn together through the sect, and the book draws to a gripping, violent climax, with several unexpected twists and turns right up to the final page.

Not quite as good as Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series, but nonetheless a super read.

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