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Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner
Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
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Brought to you by Penguin.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**

Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.

Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism.

Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.

Beneath this a taut, dazzling story of espionage and intrigue lies one of a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future, and a profound treatise on human history.

'The most exciting writer of her generation' BRET EASTON ELLIS

'Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture' HERNAN DIAZ

'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carré' OBSERVER

©2024 Rachel Kushner (P)2024 Penguin Audio Espionage Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Witty
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Disappointed overall and surprised by the long listing..the fact that the author sounded like an AI not reading the story did not help what was already a difficult book to enjoy, give the narrator was a total sociopath.

Disappointing

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Sultry super spy Sadie Smith has a new mission. She must infiltrate a bunch of French eco terrorists and locate their leader, the elusive and compelling Betrand. Last seen over forty years ago, he is rumoured to be living in a cave in the depths of Southern France. Sadie must find him, and bring him and his brainwashed acolytes to justice armed only with her wit, charm and cunning. But Sadie finds herself falling for Bertrand...

If only this tedious existential twaddle were that interesting. Read in tones of boredom by the author, sprinkled with mispronunciations, it was a chore to finish.

Sacre bleu! what a dud

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perhaps RK is an acquired taste. the storyline is clever and contemporary but the delivery of the narrative by the author is just dull and overly descriptive. I struggled to finish it.

contemporary but extremely dull

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I was disappointed with this. The premise of the story was good (spy wannabe assassin infiltrating a French group) but great portions of the book were retelling letters and it was if someone was regurgitating an anthropology degree. I usually love books read by their author, but found the narration too robotic. Genuinely surprised this reached the Booker shortlist.

Good story but just too rambling for me

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I found this very difficult and wasn’t keen on the narrator/author. There’s no doubt the writing is brilliant but I don’t think it transfers well to audible. I will read the book some time. This could win the Booker 2024

Creative writing

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