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Sto caricando le informazioni... Portobello: A Novel (originale 2008; edizione 2010)di Ruth Rendell (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaPortobello di Ruth Rendell (2008)
British Mystery (353) Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A dark but not fatalistic psychological drama. I couldn’t put it down. My first Rendell, definitely not my last. ( ) This book differs from the other Rendell books I read. The novel studies several characters whose lives become intertwined because they live on or near or visit Portobello Road. One character is a middle-aged man addicted to a candy; his fiancée is a doctor who becomes a personal physician to a man we meet because he becomes injured on the Portobello Road. A young thief who loves a girl he assaulted and whose relative belongs to a cult-like church also appears. The action is slow. The flawed characters often express themselves in peculiar manners. While it is not my favorite Rendell book, I didn't hate it. I listened to the audiobook read by Tim Curry. This audiobook was difficult to get through, because it was so bland and boring. The only thing that kept me coming back at all was because Tim Curry (THE Tim Curry) is the narrator of this novel in audiobook form. It wasn’t really a mystery, just a view into some English people’s lives that lived off the Portobello road, in Notting Hill. I didn’t think this novel was “wonderfully complex tour de force”, nor did I think it “featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London's most intriguing neighborhoods—and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer”, like my library’s description sells it as. Curry’s plummy tones kept me coming back to this novel, and a vague hope for an HEA, even though I couldn’t be bothered to care about a single character. (Seriously, a couple of his impressions were hilarious!). But that’s about it. 3 stars, and not really recommended to anyone, unless you need help sleeping at night. strange mystery many dysfunctional people set in London's Rd — eating sweet addiction On a shopping trip, Eugene Wren came across an envelope containing money. Rather than report the matter to the police, he wrote a note and stuck it up on lamppost near his house: found in Chepstow Villas, a sum of money between 80 and 160 pounds. Anyone who has lost such a sum should apply to the phone number below.
sfeervol met suspenseAlweer een geweldig boek van Ruth Rendell, naast een prachtig beeld van de Londense wijk Portobello heeft ze een geweldig portret geschreven van een aantal mensen wier levens verstrikt raken.Het is nauwelijks een misdaadroman, al komen er wel moorden in voor. Het zijn vooral prachtige beschrijving van eenzame, obsessieve mensen in het moderne Londen. Bovendien weet ze weer alle touwtje op een geweldige manier aan elkaar te knopen zodat je wil blijven doorlezen. Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiMirabilia (164)
Eugene Wren ha cinquant'anni, una galleria d'arte nel cuore pulsante di Londra e un carattere riservato. Cerca in ogni modo di nascondere alla fidanzata Ella l'ossessione, apparentemente innnocua, che lo costringe a una ricerca sempre più frenetica per le strade della città. Una mattina trova una busta contenente dei soldi. Per qualche ragione, invece di denunciare il fatto alla polizia, scrive un biglietto e lo attacca su un lampione vicino casa: "Trovata in Chepstow Villas una somma di denaro tra le ottanta e le centosessanta sterline. Chiunque abbia smarrito tale cifra si rivolga al numero sottostante". Joel Roseman, uno strano giovane che indossa sempre lenti scure e vive a spese del padre ricco, è il vero proprietario di quei soldi; tuttavia sarà Lance Platt, disoccupato cronico e ospite indesiderato del religiosissimo zio Gib, a bussare alla porta di Eugene, nella speranza di aver finalmente incontrato l'occasione giusta. Ma a Portobello Road gli equivoci e gli imprevisti sono sempre dietro l'angolo, ed è proprio quando le vicende sembrano risolversi con certezza, che il lato misterioso e imponderabile della vita prende il sopravvento. Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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