After Torday's wonderfully original first two novels, I had high hopes for this . . . Michael stops taking his anti-schizophrenia medication and, with terrifying consequences, reverts to what he believes is the original human condition, guided by an enigmatic female presence - hallucination or genuine manifestation? It's satisfactorily creepy and scary and the device of husband and wife telling their extra-ordinary and ordinary versions alternately works to build up considerable tension. So why was I slightly disappointed?
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 54 November 2009 ) |
