Rustication
A Novel
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Rustication
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Narrated by:
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John Lee
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By:
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Charles Palliser
About this listen
A vertiginous gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of The Quincunx. Charles Palliser's work has been hailed as "so compulsively absorbing that reality disappears" (New York Times). Since his extraordinary debut, The Quincunx, his works have sold over one million copies worldwide. With his new novel, Rustication, he returns to the town of Thurchester, which he evoked so hauntingly in The Unburied.
It is winter 1863, and Richard Shenstone, aged 17, has been sent down - "rusticated" - from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by sexual desire, he finds temporary refuge in a dilapidated old mansion on the southern English coast inhabited by his newly impoverished mother and his sister, Effie. Soon, graphic and threatening letters begin to circulate among his neighbors, and Richard finds himself the leading suspect in a series of crimes and misdemeanors ranging from vivisection to murder.
Atmospheric, lurid, and brilliantly executed, Rustication confirms Palliser's reputation as "our leading contemporary Victorian novelist" (Guardian).
©2013 Charles Palliser (P)2013 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
Intriguing clever well written
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Brilliant novel slightly let down by performer
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Superior fuction
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Where does Rustication rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In the top ten.What was one of the most memorable moments of Rustication?
The twists and turns of the plot.What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He brought a tone of authority to the reading.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.Any additional comments?
I would like to hear Charles Pallisers masterpiece The Quincunx on Audible.Excellent stuff
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Unforeseen twists and turns throughout and yet each seems inevitable after the fact.
an excellent read!
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The narrator did a great job making all the voices different but I just found the overall tone very annoying (I actually think that was the point) but it didn't endear the book to me.
Not what I was expecting
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If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
A sadist who likes to hear in gory detail various animals being tortured and disembowelled.Has Rustication put you off other books in this genre?
Definitely although I would struggle to find a particular genre to place this in.Who might you have cast as narrator instead of John Lee?
Its not so much the narrators fault.I have heard much better having said that.What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment and revulsion.Any additional comments?
Begs the question.What on earth goes on in a particular authors mind to write something as sick as this?.ABSOLUTE DRIVEL.
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