Strange Bodies

Strange Bodies

Paperback Published on: 06/03/2014
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Strange Bodies
Metaphysical fiction Jim, but not as you know it
You may pick this book up, read the blurb or have someone outline the premise to you and presume that it is some sort of Science Fiction, or perhaps even a... READ MORE
Xavier Jones Barlow
Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies
When Susanna Laidlaw-Robinson receives an unexpected visit from her ex-boyfriend Nicky Slopen she’s more than a little surprised – she had, after all, hear... READ MORE
Erin Britton
Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies
I'd endorse the previous reviews - this is an ambitious and accessible literary novel of ideas, which should appeal to fans of David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atla... READ MORE
Martin MacInnes at Edinburgh Ocean Terminal
Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies
Well I don't know if this was what I was expecting, but whatever because this was damn good. From reading the back I think I was expecting Zombies.... and ... READ MORE
Becky Bookseller
Strange Bodies
Interesting stuff
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Playing with the themes of identity and the link between the literary world and the real, the deftly handled twist of sci-fi is ... READ MORE
Steven at Aberdeen
Strange Bodies
In the beginning was the word.
What makes a human? Is it bone, flesh, or muscle? The brain and central nervous system? Or is it the words we think, speak or put down on paper? Strange Bo... READ MORE
Pete Renton at Nottingham

Synopsis

Nicholas Slopen has been dead for months. So when a man claiming to be Nicholas turns up to visit an old girlfriend, deception seems the only possible motive. Yet nothing can make him change his story. From the secure unit of a notorious psychiatric hospital, he begins to tell his tale: an account of attempted forgery that draws the reader towards an extraordinary truth - a metaphysical conspiracy that lies on the other side of madness and death. Strange Bodies takes the reader on a dizzying speculative journey that poses questions about identity, authenticity, and what it means to be truly human.

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571279807
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Weight: 295g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 24 mm

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Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies
I wasn't sure to begin with whether I liked this book or not. But it slowly but surely sucked me into its mysterious and disturbing depths - I've just fini... READ MORE
Tuija Luoma at Waterstones Gower St

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