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“Stunningly handled narrative. . . . Unnerving as rustling sheets in an unoccupied bed.” —The Guardian
“Brings to the sudden-death genre a subtle humanism and to the mainstream novel a vivid and dramatic narrative gift.” —Sunday Times [London]
“An extraordinary performance, absorbing, tantalizing, concretely realized, often funny, more often genuinely menacing.” —The Times (London)
“Stunning originality, a true gift for drawing remarkable characters, and a real feeling for historical evocation.” —Ruth Rendell
“[A] searingly unusual novel.” —The Observer
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"One of my patients thinks somebody's trying to kill him," Aileen Macklin says to her husband over breakfast. A psychiatrist with a fading marriage, Aileen is haunted by the glue-sniffing lad who comes to her in a panic, begging to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for protection. Gary Dunn clearly needs help: ravaged by his squalid existence, he is paralyzed with fear about a murder he has witnessed and convinced he may be next. Unfortunately for Gary, he may just be right. And unfortunately for Aileen, she becomes far more involved in his case than professional ethics would recommend.
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Paperback. Condition: Used. Tryst (1999) Michael Dibdin ? Faber & Faber ISBN: 0571142214 Condition: Used (emotionally ambiguous, like everyone in the story) Welcome to Tryst , Michael Dibdin?s sly, unsettling, psychologically twisty little novel ? the kind of book where you finish a chapter and briefly wonder whether you should trust any human being ever again, including yourself. It?s literary, it?s eerie, it?s deeply suggestive in a way that never quite spells anything out, and it absolutely thrives in the deliciously imperfect Used condition provided by Crappy Old Books . This is not Dibdin?s famous detective work. Oh no. This is Dibdin wandering off the crime-fiction path, looking you dead in the eye, and saying: ?Let?s explore the darker corners of desire and obsession, shall we?? Inside these slightly scuffed pages, you?ll encounter: A narrator who is either intensely perceptive or deeply mistaken ? possibly both before breakfast. A mysterious woman whose presence generates equal parts fascination, dread, and ?this is absolutely not going to end well.? A relationship ? if one can call it that ? unfolding with the graceful inevitability of a slow-motion car crash narrated by someone quoting poetry. Atmosphere so thick you could spread it on toast, preferably on a foggy morning while staring out of a window and questioning your life choices. This is the kind of novel where: Every conversation feels like a confession disguised as a riddle. Every silence is doing at least three layers of emotional heavy lifting. Every setting is slightly uncanny, as if the furniture might be quietly judging everyone involved. You?re never entirely sure what?s real, but you are sure something is very wrong, and you can?t look away. Now, about this particular copy ? the one rescued and rehomed by Crappy Old Books . Condition: Used means: A cover with light rubs and creases, lending it that perfect noir-ish patina of ?I, too, have lived through questionable romantic entanglements.? A spine with reading lines that prove at least one previous owner raced through the story muttering, ?What is happening? Are they okay? Is anyone okay?? Pages lightly aged to a delicate shade of psychological-drama beige ? a hue that pairs nicely with existential uncertainty. You might also encounter: Corners that have softened, like the kind of emotional boundaries the characters should have maintained but very much did not. A faint hint of previous-reader tension embedded in the paper fibres. Margins entirely clear of notes, because who dares annotate a Dibdin novel when they?re not even sure they understand what just happened? This is not pristine. This is seasoned. This is a book that looks like it has been read in a dimly lit room, late at night, by someone who occasionally paused to stare into the darkness and whisper, ??huh.? Perfect for: Dibdin fans curious about his non-detective mischief. Readers who enjoy fiction that feels like a psychological puzzle with one missing piece ? on purpose. People who believe a slightly worn copy adds authenticity to stories about messy human desire. Anyone craving a novel you?ll want to discuss with someone immediately after finishing ? except that now you?re not sure you can trust them. Adopt this Crappy Old Books veteran and prepare for a brief, intense, disorienting journey into the human psyche, packaged inside gently worn paper that has seen things. If you like your fiction moody, ambiguous, and quietly unnerving, Tryst is waiting ? crease-spined, faintly foxed, and very much ready to mess with your head. Seller Inventory # 347
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