Cuando Niall inicia su estancia en el Trinity College de Dublín, se siente fascinado de inmediato por una pareja de estudiantes algo extraños e introspectivos. Poco a poco intima con estos peculiares amigos y descubre que siguen un insólito culto literario que al principio parece un juego inocente y que se revela como una intrigante y peligrosa adicción.

A wonderful, weird novel that I found absolutely riveting. Niall Lenihan, newly arrived at Trinity College, Dublin, gets involved with a group of students who open books at random and let their eyes fall on a line on the page. They treat these lines as a kind of Ouija board, and follow their cryptic "instructions" all over Dublin, and into all kinds of acts. Whether Niall's increasing obsession with the game is a descent into madness or is being driven by other forces, is not...exactly...decided for the reader. JMO, but I could not put it down. ( )

This book is mesmerising, intoxicating and haunting. I felt drawn into the disturbing world of bibliomancy much like the young protagonist of the book, Niall. Perhaps unsurprisingly there are dangerous shadows of spirituality in what they undertake and I found that very unsettling. The reader is drawn deeper and deeper into their world just as they are drawn deeper.

I do not fully understand this book and although it has the pace of a thriller there is no comforting resolution, despite what some of the other reviewers have said here. This adds to the unsettling nature of this book. I feel as if I should be able to understand what it all means and that somehow I've missed the code to unlock the secret. It makes me want to read it again and I want others to read it so that we can talk about it! ( )

Cuando Niall inicia su estancia en el Trinity College de Dublín, se siente fascinado de inmediato por una pareja de estudiantes algo extraños e introspectivos. Poco a poco intima con estos peculiares amigos y descubre que siguen un insólito culto literario que al principio parece un juego inocente y que se revela como una intrigante y peligrosa adicción ( )