The book collector alice thompson4/14/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() an elegant and bloodily shocking entertainment. With its gothic motifs, this dark portrait of a 'fairytale' marriage is full of mystery and suspense. As she recovers and is released a terrifying series of events is unleashed. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. Violet is obsessed with ths of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. The novel follows an Art collectors search through a shadowy, sulpherous London for the model of one of his portraits, a painting that periodically comes to. Alice Thompson’s new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. The Book Collector throws the essential elements of the gothic chiller into a blender and what emerges is something between pastiche and critique, in which its author never loses sight of the need to give her readers, first and foremost, an unputdownable yarn. Book Collector, Paperback by Thompson, Alice, ISBN 1784630438, ISBN-13 9781784630430, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Alice Thompsons new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. Stephanie Cross * The Daily Mail *Ī brief, but substantial, horror story. Day Whitney McVeigh will be in conversation with Alice Thompson to discuss her exhibition Language of Memory and Alices new novel The Book Collector. The horror master would no doubt approve of this slim Edwardian-era gothic, too, recalling as it does both Rebecca and The Silence Of The Lambs. Stuart Kelly * The Scotsman *Īlice Thompson, one-time keyboard player for Eighties band The Woodentops, is now an established novelist, who has won praise from Ian Rankin and Stephen King. Scottish literature would be thinner without this kind of challenging and cleverly-wrought writing. The Book Collector shows a wry and sly mind at work throughout. With flayed corpses, books covered with human skin, and raging madness, this is definitely worth checking out. The precise Edwardian vocabulary began to assume a more contemporary feel in the wake of Violet's treatment at the asylum, and this proved an interesting divergence from the general feel of the book. Revel in the gothic darkness and inexorable drama - John Lloyd * The Bookbag * Lesley McDowell * The Independent on Sunday * Alice Thompson’s new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. It's a superb settling for betrayal and revenge. With a nod to Angela Carter, Thompson takes the myth of Bluebeard, the murdering husband who keeps a tally of his dead wives, sets it down in that Edwardian summer just before the guns of the First World War go off. Alice Thompsons new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness.
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