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Engleby

Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

49 reviews
Sales Rank: 23

Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.9

ISBN: 0099458276
EAN: 9780099458272
ASIN: 0099458276

Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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4 out of 5 stars

Dark as sin May 15, 2008
Having read Sebastian Faulks before I was expecting and wasn't disappointed by the precise, descriptive prose. Engleby is written in the first person, and reads like an auto-biography from his early life in the 1950's through public school, Cambridge in the early 1970's and a career in journalism in London in the 1980's. While Engleby is an interlectual loner, I found him likeable, no doubt as the author intended. This is the real strength of the novel - as omissions in his memory are filled in and events unfold, Engleby is the same as ever he was but the reader's empathy with him is severely tested.

Humourous, clever, easy to read and dark as sin. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Existential triumph May 15, 2008
Thoroughly enjoyable. I agree with a previous reviewer that there are echoes of Camus (The Outsider) and Brett Easton Ellis but it is convincingly done and very well written. A welcome step up after the very disappointing Human Traces and it is often very funny.

1 out of 5 stars

Not worth it May 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

An unlikeable character, tedious storyline which isn't even worth the read as the outcome is so predicatble. I was blown away by 'Birdsong' but this book was a big disappointment

1 out of 5 stars

Really? May 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Whoever thought this novel was 'funny - in the deepest shade of black' needs their head examining. Predictable plot and an unlikeable protagonist. Not worth it.

5 out of 5 stars

Best read in a long time May 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I don't have as much time for reading as I would like, and I need to be gripped from the outset to to carry on with a book. Engleby delivered. I had read some reviews so knew it was going to be different to previous Faulks' books, but wasn't prepared for how different. Engleby is an intriguing character; his experience at Cambridge in the 70s was fascinating (I have a son just gone to Oxford so it was interesting to compare); and his time at Fleet Street in the 80s was a trip down memory lane. The last third of the book is fabulous. I haven't read such a good novel in a long time and have recommended this to all my friends. It will keep coming back to you, especially if you identify with the loner in Engleby.