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Spook Country Unabridged
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William Gibson
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William Gibson's first new book in four years-like the bestselling
Pattern Recognition
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Very much feeling like a sequel or a parallel story to Pattern Recognition, Spook Country finds Gibson honing his new contemporary style. I really think that it's in these two books that he's finally come into his own. While Pattern Recognition in many ways was a contemporary cyberpunk novel, this novel strays further into character development and character study, with great results. The plot is perhaps less immediately arresting than Pattern Recognition's, and the main character less oddly unique. However, all of the supporting characters truly shine, fascinatingly sketched and engaging. It's really one of the few stories I've read in a long time which presented the material from multiple viewpoints anchored to multipl characters where there were no characters that I disliked and no chapters that I wanted to rush through to get back to my favourite storyline. The way the loose threads are ultimately gathered up is slightly more coincidental and convenient than in PR, but ultimately I think more satisfying, for the triumphs are more personal and you wind up feeling for the all of the people of this story. A really engaging read. I listened to the audiobook version, read by Robertson Dean, and he did a magnificent job, a slick, polished flatness to his voice that suited the text brilliantly while still providing enough characterization to make the characters each pop out. Two thumbs up. :)
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780143142201
Binding:
Compact Disc
Publication date:
08/01/2007
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Pages:
11
Height:
5.78 in.
Width:
5.34 in.
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1.50 in.
Age Range:
from 14 and up
Grade Range:
from 8
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2007
UPC Code:
2800143142203
Author:
William Gibson
Author:
Robertson Dean
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Science / High Tech
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