Amazon.com Necropolis
My review -
This
is the story of Dyson Devereux, the Head of Burials and Cremations for his
local council. He despises the council, his fellow workers, almost everyone
except his neighbour Eve whom he ‘tolerates’. Nevertheless, he exudes a studied
charm and women seem to admire him greatly. He is very intelligent and speaks a
number of languages but by any definition, he’s a sociopath. We discover to
what extent as the story progresses.
I
usually dislike present tense narrations and find them wearing and artificial
but this story dragged me headlong into it to the extent that I rapidly forgot
my dislike. It’s a story I couldn’t help reading. It had an inevitability to it,
which made reading it like watching a train crash. There’s a gory bit, brace
yourself, but I can’t say I’ve ever read a book quite like it – and I more than
quite like it! I really enjoyed this.
Sounds interesting, I've grabbed a copy.
ReplyDeleteYou make an interesting point about present tense narrations - I'm normally quite a fan of the immediacy, and I definitely think Guy gets that right in Necropolis. Have you read American Psycho? It's a similar sort of thing and a good comparison piece, I think. :)
ReplyDeleteMy review: Necropolis by Guy Portman