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The Glamour

By: Christopher Priest
Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
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Summary

Cameraman Richard Grey's memory has blanked out the few weeks before he was injured in a car bomb explosion. When he is visited by a girl who seems to have been his lover, his attempts to recall the forgotten period produce an odyssey through France and conflicting accounts of what happened. When Susan Kewley speaks to him of that time, he finds himself glimpsing a terrible twilight world - the world of "the glamour".

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Do we all experience this enchantment?

Richard Grey is recovering in hospital from a terrorist attack. In addition to physical injury he suffers from memory loss and so is naturally suspicious when he receives a visit from a woman claiming to be his ex-lover. Sue is an enigma. Initially a fairly unprepossessing woman, Richard becomes intrigued by her visits and begins to remember a passionate but jealous relationship, spoiled by the the existence of Sue's lover Niall, a man who maintains a strong and peculiar hold over her. This is a story that looks at past events through the eyes of two different characters. What we learn is that their memories of their past life differ completely and that Sue claims a secret so bizarre that it goes completely beyond rationality. However it also makes a strange sort of sense when we consider how we all perceive or indeed fail to perceive the people around us.

This is a science fiction story that mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary so successfully that you can believe you are reading about two real people and that their experiences are something we could all share. Although set in slightly more recent times, the atmosphere reminds me a little of The Prisoner, where everything just doesn't seem right and especially with the omnipresence of the very malevolent but charismatic Niall.

This is not an easy listen but is instead something to be savoured and thought about in detail. If you give this a chance you will be rewarded in abundance.

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Absolutely loved this

Christopher Priest is a bit hit and miss, but The Glamour is definitely a hit. The writing is fantastic and the story compelling. It's the journey with Priest more than the ending I think and this is a roller coaster ride through a weird world where you're not quite sure what is real and what is imagined. I highly recommend it, especially if you loved Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce.

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Thought provoking and gripping

This is a compelling story as the reader tries to work out what is happening in the world of the central character after he suffers brain damage as the consequence of a terrorist bomb and loses his memory. The world seems familiar yet unreal. He is contacted by a previous girlfriend and learns about a hidden world.



While the story is gripping, the psychological themes explored are profound: what constitutes memory, consciousness and individuality and how these can be manipulated.



The narration is good.



In all, a haunting novel and thoroughly recommended.

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A little slender, a little tedious...

What did you like best about The Glamour? What did you like least?

I was looking forward to this book, having loved The Prestige...

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

There just didn't seem to be much to the story, I kept expecting a huge twist, or a big reveal, but it really seems to be just this one small idea, stretched out over a whole novel...

What three words best describe Barnaby Edwards’s performance?

Apart from an obvious error in Chapter 17, where the mistake has been left in, and not edited out, Barnaby Edwards gives a consistent performance throughout. My personal preference would have been to have less overtly creepy and portentous male character voices, but otherwise a good performance.

Any additional comments?

I have two chapters left, so I'm going to stick with it, but to be honest this has been a rather boring book... :(

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Exellent

Enjoyed this book immensely. Will be listening to more from this Superb author.

Read very well too!

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Great reading. Disappointing story.

I stuck with it until the end... but the story just felt lacking something. Good in parts, but overall disappointing.

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Don't waste your money!

Weak story, irritating narrator, and could've been a third shorter without losing anything.

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