Skin Lane
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1852429925 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Novel Award“I read Skin Lane with one eye closed out of sheer animal terror. Then, unimaginably, it brought me to tears; what a work of art—so unexpected and heartbreaking and lovely.”—Armistead Maupin“A powerful and complex story of sexual obsession. Textured, teeming with menace and deeply moving, it is an extremely fine piece of writing.”—The Times (London)“A fiendishly taut little psycho-shocker.”—Will SelfAt forty-seven, Mr. F can’t think of where they have come from. A chance encounter adds a face to the body that nightly haunts him, and the torments of his restless nights lead him—and the reader—deeper into a terrifying labyrinth of rage, desire, and shame.Part fairy-tale, part compelling evocation of a now-lost London, this is Neil Bartlett’s fiercest piece of writing yet: cruel, erotic, and tender.
With loving detail, Bartlett brings Mr. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Then, in early January 1967, he starts to have disturbing dreams that feature the nude corpse of an attractive young man. Page) deserves to win acclaim on this side of the Atlantic for this complex and rich journey into the heart of a lonely man, framed as a bedtime story. F's apprentice. All rights reserved. Clive and Mr. finds himself sexually attracted to another person for the first time—an attraction that soon escalates into dangerous obsession. F), a 46-year-old fur-skinner, has worked in the same office at the same job in a quiet London backwater for 33 years. British author Bartlett (Mr. Mr. This remarkable novel's images
Born in 1958, Neil Bartlett works as an author and as a theatre and opera director. His novel Mr Clive and Mr Page was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and has been translated into five languages. In 2000 he was awarded an OBE for his work in the theatre, which includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Sadie Forsythe said One of my best reads this year. I don't think I can manage a real review of this. The best I can manage is a rambling wordgasim. There were passages in this book that left me so shattered that all I could do was read and re-read them, occasionally searching places to share. Like this part on page One of my best reads this year Sadie Forsythe I don't think I can manage a real review of this. The best I can manage is a rambling wordgasim. There were passages in this book that left me so shattered that all I could do was read and re-read them, occasionally searching places to share. Like this part on page 46:"By the time he was what would now be called a teenager, his father, never quite sure what a widower was meant to do with children anyway, had taken to spending every evening alone in the front room with the evening paper; this meant that although by the age of sixteen . 6:"By the time he was what would now be called a teenager, his father, never quite sure what a widower was meant to do with children anyway, had taken to spending every evening alone in the front room with the evening paper; this meant that although by the age of sixteen . Living in the Aorist Mood, Never the Progressive Having enjoyed the author's "Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall", I read "Skin Lane" and enjoyed it as well, even though the settings and premises are very different. Neil Bartlett can bring all sorts of situations to life."Skin Lane"'s protagonist is Mr. Freeman, known around the shop as Mr. F., who was born around 1920, joined the M. Scheiner Ltd. fur manufacturing firm in the City of London on Skin Lane as a sweeper and rose to be the Head Cutter by 1967, the date of the events of the story. Mr. F. takes furry animal skins, chops t. Infovoyeur said Coming-Out--to a Messy Ugly Stillbirth. Another coming-out story? Well, of seismic intensity. When the immovable object of granite-thick repression of sexuality is met with the irresistible force of erotic eruption. But alas less a successful birth than volcanic. Blows the top and sides off the Mt. St. Helens of the person and leaves blackened shamble onlyIn non-supportive 1967 London, a Coming-Out--to a Messy Ugly Stillbirth Infovoyeur Another coming-out story? Well, of seismic intensity. When the immovable object of granite-thick repression of sexuality is met with the irresistible force of erotic eruption. But alas less a successful birth than volcanic. Blows the top and sides off the Mt. St. Helens of the person and leaves blackened shamble onlyIn non-supportive 1967 London, a 47-YO skin-cutter in the declining fur trade, has hideous dreams of a young man tied up in his bathroom, then must work closely with his boss' 16-YO nephew who is indeed "something nice on. 7-YO skin-cutter in the declining fur trade, has hideous dreams of a young man tied up in his bathroom, then must work closely with his boss' 16-YO nephew who is indeed "something nice on