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Engleby

Author: Sebastian Faulks   Series: Vintage International

Bestselling British author Faulks reinvents the unreliable narrator with his singular, haunting creation Mike Engleby, who takes an unclear and often darkly humorous path where one is never completely comfortable or confident about what is true.

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Bestselling British author Faulks reinvents the unreliable narrator with his singular, haunting creation Mike Engleby, who takes an unclear and often darkly humorous path where one is never completely comfortable or confident about what is true.

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Meet Mike Engleby, a second-year student at university. Despite the fact that Mike is obviously intelligent, and involved in many clubs, it is clear that something about Mike is not quite right. When he becomes fixated on a classmate named Jennifer Arkland, and she goes missing, we are left with the looming question: Is Mike Engleby involved?

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Critic Reviews

“"Compulsively readable yet deeply disturbing. . . . To readEnglebyis to be carried in the arms of a master." -The Denver Post "A cold, clever book about a cold, clever character. . . . Sebastian Faulks will soon be known as one of the most versatile writers at work today-and one of the most entertaining." -The New York Observer "Beware:Englebyis no ordinary whodunit. . . . With artistry and skill, [Faulks] turns a would-be murder mystery into a meditation on consciousness." -The Washington Post "Engleby himself-funny, fiercely intelligent, unreliable, arrogant and solipsistic-is an intriguing . . . mesmerizing creation." -San Francisco Chronicle "Englebyis a verbal performance, and Faulks jacks up the degree of difficulty by choosing to impersonate a brilliant, manic young sociopath. . . . Dazzlingly ironic, Nabokovian modernism." -The New York Times From the Trade Paperback edition.”

“Compulsively readable yet deeply disturbing. . . . To read Engleby is to be carried in the arms of a master.” —The Denver Post“A cold, clever book about a cold, clever character. . . . Sebastian Faulks will soon be known as one of the most versatile writers at work today-and one of the most entertaining.” —The New York Observer “Beware: Engleby is no ordinary whodunit. . . . With artistry and skill, [Faulks] turns a would-be murder mystery into a meditation on consciousness.” —The Washington Post“Engleby himself-funny, fiercely intelligent, unreliable, arrogant and solipsistic-is an intriguing . . . mesmerizing creation.” —San Francisco ChronicleEngleby is a verbal performance, and Faulks jacks up the degree of difficulty by choosing to impersonate a brilliant, manic young sociopath. . . . Dazzlingly ironic, Nabokovian modernism.” —The New York Times

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About the Author

Sebastian Faulks worked as a journalist for fourteen years before taking up writing full-time in 1991. In 1995 he was voted Author of the Year by the British Book Awards for Birdsong, his fourth novel and his second, following A Fool's Alphabet, to be published in the United States. He is also the author of Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Charlotte Gray, The Fatal Englishman, and The Girl at the Lion d'Or. He lives in London with his wife and three children.

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Product Details

Publisher
Random House USA Inc | Random House Inc
Published
9th September 2008
Pages
336
ISBN
9780307387882

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