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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil Bartlett |
| ISBN: | 9781852429928 1852429925 |
| OCLC Number: | 195737189 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 2007. |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2007. |
| Description: | 344 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Neil Bartlett. |
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"'Skin Lane is a fiendishly taut little psycho-shocker that recalls Simenon at his most hardboiled and Highsmith at her creepiest' Will Self 'A powerful and complex story of sexual obsession... a raw, dark, highly dramatic narrative... a profoundly original meditation on thwarted desire' Patrick McGrath 'Brilliantly eerie... constantly surprising... captures vividly the atmosphere of the changing London of the 60s... But it's in his depiction of a specific kind of helpless and fearful love that Bartlett excels' Guardian 'Skin Lane welds itself to your hands from first to last. Textured, teeming with menace and, at the end, deeply moving, it is an extremely fine piece of writing' The Times 'Original, disturbing and... beautifully written, this is an always fascinating work' Literary Review 'A potent fable about the destructive power of lust and an unsettling psychological study in the manner of Patricia Highsmith' Dally Telegraph 'With Skin Lane, Bartlett further demonstrates his skills as a creative polymath of the highest order' Dazed & Confused" Read more...
