La ragazza del ritratto
by:
Paul Torday (author)
Luca Fusari (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788861921191 (8861921191)
Publish date: February 2010
Publisher: Elliot
Pages no: 272
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Fantasy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Horror,
Ghost Stories,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Supernatural
This one appeared in the post, not quite sure who sent it to me. Wouldn't have picked it up otherwise.This is a really good book. Michael, the main character, sees a picture of a girl on a landing, but nothing much is happening, a marriage that isn't going wrong but isn't going anywhere. The image o...
Clever - that is to say, I don't like ghost stories (as I really don't believe in them), but I love, plausible, scary stories that have rational reasons for a 'ghost's' existence in someone else's life.
Reading Paul Torday's novel "The Girl on the Landing" makes one want to paraphrase Joseph Heller's quote from "Catch 22" to read: "Just because you're [being treated for] paranoid [schizophrenia], doesn't mean they aren't really after you". The plot here is dark, fascinating and gives one food for t...
13 years ago
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