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Jerusalem

By: Alan Moore
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap tower blocks. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative, among its saints, kings, prostitutes and derelicts, a different kind of human time is happening.

Through the labyrinthine streets and minutes of Jerusalem tread ghosts that sing of wealth and poverty, of Africa, hymns and our threadbare millennium.

©2016 Alan Moore (P)2016 Recorded Books Inc Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Mind-bending Middle East

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Critic reviews

"Fierce in its imagining and stupefying in its scope, Jerusalem is the tale of everything, told from a vanished gutter." ( Down the Tubes)
Praise for the author: "His sci-fi detective masterpiece Watchmen made him (Alan Moore) the comic industry's de facto leader back in 1986." ( The Guardian)
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Amazing book and very well narrated. The 'flaws' in the book are, I think, a result of the experiment of writing a 60 hour novel. There is repetition. There is possibly some variation in quality. There's an entire chapter convincingly written and read in a made up, Lucy-Lips creole. But the poetic descriptive passages, the scope and scale of the enterprise, and the love, so evidently held by the author for his setting, completely outweigh any minor gripes.

This is a love story whose central character is a town. The author mourns his town and rages against the abuses that have been made against it and, chip firmly and justifiably on shoulder, against its historic and continual maltreatment by authority.

At times you could be listening to James Joyce, at other times Neil Gaiman. At all times, the images conjured by the writing and telling, are what remain in the memory.

Get this audiobook, stick with it, and I think it will be one of your most memorable journeys with Audible. For me, I am going visit Northampton and walk its streets, visit its churches and drink in some pubs while keeping an eye on the corners and angles.

Stunning, Flawed, Fantastic and Poetic. And a bit long.

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This is a real effort from an author to put down a vision we can relate to. It's based in reality, though where you'd find it is a different matter! It might seem a long book when you see 60 hours but it does fly by and keep you gripped (the semi-German bit was slightly less easy to follow than is have liked).

Try it, you won't be disappointed.

What a book, but it's so much more!

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Wow but this is a long book! Alan Moore's magnum tome views the paper and history of Northampton through the fractured lens of a single family and their environs, taking in life, death, occult connections, the afterlife, and higher geometry.

Knowing Moore's other work means seeing parallels with everything he's ever done, and this book varies stylistically as much as the rest of his canon.

This is difficult and dense but ultimately rewarding. Penetrating its under mysteries takes thought and time, but it treats over and over. The marathon is similarly virtuosic. Worth a go, if you've got a couple of months to spare.

A strange and mammoth read

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Brilliant. Comfortingly epic and enjoyably bewildering. A work of superb semi-autobiographical metafiction, in which many of the dense, overlapping chapters are written (and INCREDIBLY well read by Simon Vance) in various styles. A must read.

Best book I've ever read.

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Have just finished Jerusalem! Absolutely incredible, I honestly don't think I'll ever look at my hometown in the same way, again. Some books were tougher than others and for some reason I found the last two chapters of Book Six a struggle, nevertheless, highly recommended, thoroughly enjoyed every bit! Top marks Mr.Moore

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