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Skin Lane

Author: Neil Bartlett
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 118547

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.9

ISBN: 1852429925
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781852429928
ASIN: 1852429925

Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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Condition: New. Ships from the UK.

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4 out of 5 stars

Great read for those who know how to take their time May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Beautifully crafted story. All the pieces fall into place like in a Tetris game. The mechanics of the writing matching the mechanics of the main character. A rare book in a very unconventional environment, a story with no sex but so much sexual tension.

5 out of 5 stars

millefeuille March 27, 2008
NB's best written work. It demands a patience of the reader which reflects the endurance of it's protagonist.
Wonderfully suspenseful, in an old fashioned, crafted way. Sublimely layered story telling which takes you to the brink so many times...
It is slow and intense, this will keep your attention.

5 out of 5 stars

A tense layered psychological thriller February 26, 2008
This stunning novel creates psychological tension, not through the endless shocks and horrors typical of the video generation, but through layer upon layer of authorial craft, slicing and shaving its way to the heart of a man. An unusually incomunicative creepy man.
The result is engaging and tense, intriguing and gripping, in a gentle pervasive way that is far too rare these days.
Read the book. It's weird, it's strange, it's art. And then wait for someone to ruin the film.

5 out of 5 stars

Moving and profound February 6, 2008
I found this book a most enthralling and moving read and my excitement and enjoyment increased as my reading progressed. What a joy to have this book to return to after a day at work. The theme of deeply thwarted, hidden desire in the hot summer of 1967 is beautifully handled and convincing. The ending is moving and profound. Overall, a very impressive novel quite unlike anything I have read before.

1 out of 5 stars

Frustratingly poor January 31, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Skin Lane could have been gripping and full of suspense; however it was dragged out and predictable. The climax was non existent and I was left frustrated and annoyed at having wasted two weeks in reading the book.
As well as the painfully slow build up, I found Bartlett's narration very annoying. Instead of leading the reader into their own views and imagination, the author would chip in with comments such as `I don't know about you but I think.......' And `you are now probably thinking that........' for me this was too much and I found I was not left to make up my own mind on situations. Also there could have been more subtle and intriguing links made to Beauty and the Beast, but calling one of the characters Beauty! To me this was too obvious.
This could have been a great short story, but I felt it was over worked and ended up being rather poor. Don't believe Will Self's endorsement!!!