Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31198 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 520 pages

Independent on Sunday
'Docx switches between settings and time-frames with the serene, godlike power of a Victorian novelist...'

Sunday Herald's Cultural Life
'One can say this is a book with big ideas at its heart.'

Irish Times
'Docx's novel brings us through this murky territory with a slow, dark intensity.'

Customer Reviews

**Snore**
I have a rule that I have to read at least 100 pages of a book before giving up on it. With this book I broke that rule and gave up on page 88. It is unbelievably boring! Uninteresting character, uninteresting storyline, I just couldn't get my head around it. I guess this isn't a proper review since I didn't finish the book, but ...*falls asleep*

Utter drivel
This is the worst book that I have wasted eyesight on in some time. I couldn't even it, it was so bad. It is poorly written, depressing and quite uninteresting to boot. I had hopes also of hearing about St Petersburg from what I read in other reviews but unless you are planning to visit sewers and hovels full of smackheads, this probably won't suit you either. Don't bother!

Did we read the same book?
I obviously read a completely different version from the other reviewers! I found the writing style childish, with no change in voice between the characters.

A long-listing for the Booker was more than this deserved.