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Nobody True (Hardcover)

by James Herbert (Author)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (10 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 140500519X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405005197
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.4 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 504,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The title Nobody True is a complicated set of puns on its own plot; adman Jimmy True has no body because he was off on one of his regular astral jaunts when someone stuck him through the heart and carved him up like meat. His rather privileged position as an invisible observer of his own murder investigation enables him to discover uncomfortable truths about almost everyone he knows--his wife, his young daughter, his business partner--and a darker set of truths about the serial killer whose victim he appears to be. Jimmy has many problems with trust--his paranoid mother and absent father have seen to that--and at first his posthumous experiences confirm all his worst dreads. This is a book about learning valuable lessons and not thinking simple versions of the truth are necessarily the most accurate ones; it is among the most odd Herbert horror thrillers and like several of his best books has an attractive emotional core underneath all the gore and nightmare. Occasional wordiness and too much occultist waffle about dreaming, death and soul travel do not stop this also being intermittently one of his most gripping. --Roz Kaveney

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More provocative and disturbing fare from Herbert. What happens when you lose your body? Jim True knows. He has returned from an out-of-body experience to find he has been brutally murdered and his body mutilated. No one can see him, no one can hear him, no one, except his killer, knows he still exists. Freed from his body, True embarks on a quest to find his killer and discover why and how he has managed to survive. As he closes in on his murderer, True discovers that even the very people he loved and trusted have betrayed him. He meets his killer, a sinister figure who can also leave his body at will. An epic battle ensues between them. James Herbert has a guaranteed audience, and they will flock to buy this one.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Herbert's Best, 11 Nov 2005
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This review is from: Nobody True (Paperback)
I love James Herbert but this book was not one of his finest. It was slow to develop. Although, it was a good premise, the character spends way too much time rambling around in his out-of-body experience instead of taking action against his murderer. In some places, it was deeply disturbing, even for a horror fiction fan!!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars totally enthralling read !!!!, 10 Oct 2004
By emily (cornwall) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nobody True (Paperback)
This is the first book that I have read by James Herbert, attempting to escape the clutches of Stephen King.

Nobody true is the only book that kept my eyes glued to the pages, completely oblivious to the world around me. I was completely enthralled by the life of James True. The concept of living a life, outside the body, with no real substance, was utterly disturbing. I really began to feel for the character in his attempt to discover who murdered him whilst in his out of body experience. How do you protect the people you love when you cannot touch? The plot is full of twists that will leave you wondering the outcome right through to the very last page.
James Herbert is in a class of his own, making supernatural occurances become reality. It leaves you wondering what really does happen in death. This book really does make you feel extreme sympathy for James True in his lonely attempt to reveal the truth about his killer.
Read this book, as even people with extremely vivid imaginations will be shocked by the deeply disturbing events that are explored in this truly fantastic novel.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, 10 Oct 2006
By Ms. Samantha Dilkes "bambi" (Nottingham Uni) - See all my reviews
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So many people have given this such low ratings- this is unfair!!

I have read most of James Herberts' books, and although a little different from his other stuff, this is exceptional. Right from beginning to end it had me hooked.

What really makes this book stand out is the ending... such powerful writing, it made me cry- a mean feat!

HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Kept Me Reading - True Enough!
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3.0 out of 5 stars james herbert back to 'ghost of sleath' style proportions
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