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Bezig met laden... The First Verse (2005)door Barry McCrea
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Cuando Niall inicia su estancia en el Trinity College de Dublín, se siente fascinado de inmediato por una pareja de estudiantes algo extraños e introspectivos. Poco a poco intima con estos peculiares amigos y descubre que siguen un insólito culto literario que al principio parece un juego inocente y que se revela como una intrigante y peligrosa adicción. A wonderful, weird novel that I found absolutely riveting. Niall Lenihan, newly arrived at Trinity College, Dublin, gets involved with a group of students who open books at random and let their eyes fall on a line on the page. They treat these lines as a kind of Ouija board, and follow their cryptic "instructions" all over Dublin, and into all kinds of acts. Whether Niall's increasing obsession with the game is a descent into madness or is being driven by other forces, is not...exactly...decided for the reader. JMO, but I could not put it down. This book is mesmerising, intoxicating and haunting. I felt drawn into the disturbing world of bibliomancy much like the young protagonist of the book, Niall. Perhaps unsurprisingly there are dangerous shadows of spirituality in what they undertake and I found that very unsettling. The reader is drawn deeper and deeper into their world just as they are drawn deeper. I do not fully understand this book and although it has the pace of a thriller there is no comforting resolution, despite what some of the other reviewers have said here. This adds to the unsettling nature of this book. I feel as if I should be able to understand what it all means and that somehow I've missed the code to unlock the secret. It makes me want to read it again and I want others to read it so that we can talk about it! Cuando Niall inicia su estancia en el Trinity College de Dublín, se siente fascinado de inmediato por una pareja de estudiantes algo extraños e introspectivos. Poco a poco intima con estos peculiares amigos y descubre que siguen un insólito culto literario que al principio parece un juego inocente y que se revela como una intrigante y peligrosa adicción geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A thrilling twist to the suspenseful games of The Rule of Four and The Da Vinci Code sends a gay student reeling through the pubs, nightclubs and streets of present-day Dublin. 'In this brilliant first novel, the best of recent memory, a young Irish writer of great psychological dexterity takes on a handful of exciting themes. For a hundred years, Ireland has provided the English-speaking world with its most eloquent writers; Barry McCrea now joins this illustrious company.' - Edmund White Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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