How could he forget eight weeks of his life? How could thirty hours have turned into eternity? Why had the nurse said his wires were crossed? What was wrong with him?When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines and suspicions of his psychiatrist, he begins to display sporadic bouts of aggression, particularly against women, and especially his ex-fiancee, ...
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How could he forget eight weeks of his life? How could thirty hours have turned into eternity? Why had the nurse said his wires were crossed? What was wrong with him?When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines and suspicions of his psychiatrist, he begins to display sporadic bouts of aggression, particularly against women, and especially his ex-fiancee, who seems unable to accept that the relationship is over.After his injuries prevent his return to the army, he cuts all ties with his former life and moves to London. Alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a private world of guilt and paranoid distrust until a customer annoys him in a Bermondsey pub.Out of control and only prevented from killing the man by the intervention of a 250-pound female weightlifter called Jackson, he attracts the attention of police who are investigating three 'gay' murders in the Bermondsey area which seems to have been motivated by extreme rage.Under suspicion, Acland is forced to confront the real issues behind his isolation. How much control does he have over the dark side of his personality? Do his migraines contribute to his rage? Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fiancee claims?And why - if he hates women - does he look to a woman for help?
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VG. Complete and unabridged audiobook, narrated over 10 CDs by Christian Rodska. NOT ex-library. Discs and case all in very good condition. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC plus. Macmillan, 2007. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages.385pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
I read this after a very emotionally involving mystery, wanting something more cerebral and less taxing on the heart. The author is highly regarded, and I feel like a spoiler, but though the central characters were well drawn and their relationship interesting, the plot did not impress me.The murderer was totally black, a sciopath, and the scenes were cluttered with characters who seemed to exist simply to get murdered and to obscure the investigation.