Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
The Glamour - Christopher Priest

The Glamour

By: Christopher Priest

Paperback | 12 March 1997

Sorry, we are not able to source the book you are looking for right now.

We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no matches. You can try selecting from a similar category, click on the author's name, or use the search box above to find your book.

All Richard Grey wanted was to recover from injuries sustained when a car bomb exploded, and to regain his memory of the weeks preceding the explosion. But the glimpses he has take him into a strange, twilight world, a world of apparent madness.
Industry Reviews
An innocent victim of a London car-bombing, Richard Grey suffers from retrograde amnesia, and while he can recall much of his life, the months before the accident are completely gone, out of touch even after a meeting with a woman who says they spent that time together. Back in London, he sees more of Susan, continuing to be disturbed by his lack of felt conviction about what she says has been their relationship and by her strange obsession with a former, abusive lover. Sue finally reveals that she has "the glamour," the ability to become invisible, insisting Richard has his own "cloud." In Priest's handling, invisibility is less a matter of magic than a psychological state, the isolated personality taken to its extreme, and in its psychological aspect the book is most successful. Unfortunately, though, the questions of what happened to Richard and Sue, whether they were in England or France, whether the unseen Niall was with them or not, bulk up the novel and often get in the way of the really interesting issue - the whether-or-not of invisibility. (Kirkus Reviews)

You Can Find This Book In

More in Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Pilbara - Judy Nunn

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
One Night at Silver Lake - Katherine Scholes

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
Flesh : WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 - David Szalay

RRP $24.99

$19.99

20%
OFF
Glyph - Ali Smith

Hardcover

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
DeAth Takes a Holiday - Shaun Micallef

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up - Kate Solly

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
The Paradise Pact - Anita Heiss

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
Kill Your Boomers - Fiona Wright

RRP $34.99

$24.99

29%
OFF
Dove - Georgia Harper

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
The Deadly Dispute : A Tea Ladies Mystery - Amanda Hampson

RRP $24.99

$19.99

20%
OFF
A Rising of the Lights - Steve Toltz

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
The Couples Retreat - Mercedes Mercier

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
Daughter of Crows : Academy of Kindness - Mark Lawrence

RRP $34.99

$24.99

29%
OFF
The Astral Library - Kate Quinn

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
The Soul Catchers - Naoko Higashi

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF
Start at the End - Emma Grey

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
The Chateau on Sunset - Natasha Lester

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
The Names : 'The best debut novel in years' Sunday Times - Florence Knapp
Game On : Into Darkness - Navessa Allen

RRP $24.99

$16.99

32%
OFF

This product is categorised by