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A Novel
Doubleday
September 2007
On Sale: September 4, 2007
336 pages
ISBN: 0385524056
EAN: 9780385524056
Hardcover
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Bestselling British author Sebastian Faulks reinvents the
unreliable narrator with his singular, haunting
creation—Mike Engleby. "My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an
ancient university." With that brief introduction we meet one of the most
mesmerizing, singular voices in a long tradition of
disturbing narrators. Despite his obvious intelligence and
compelling voice, it is clear that something about solitary,
odd Mike is not quite right. When he becomes fixated on a
classmate named Jennifer Arkland and she goes missing, we
are left with the looming question: Is Mike Engleby
involved? As he grows up, finding a job and even a
girlfriend in London, Mike only becomes more and more
detached from those around him in an almost
anti-coming-of-age. His inability to relate to others and
his undependable memory (able to recall countless lines of
text yet sometimes incapable of summoning up his own
experiences from mere days before) lead the reader down an
unclear and often darkly humorous path where one is never
completely comfortable or confident about what is true. Mike Engleby is a chilling and unforgettable character, and
Engleby is a novel that will surprise and beguile Sebastian
Faulks' readership.
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