false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255655070m/1743988.jpg 956719 13 <p>Bestselling British author Sebastian Faulks reinvents the unreliable narrator with his singular, haunting creation&#8212;Mike Engleby.<br><br><i>"My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an ancient university." <br></i><br>With that brief introduction we meet one of the most mesmerizing, singular voices in a long tradition of disturbing narrators. Despite his obvious intelligence and compelling voice, it is clear that something about solitary, odd Mike is not quite right. When he becomes fixated on a classmate named Jennifer Arkland and she goes missing, we are left with the looming question: Is Mike Engleby involved? As he grows up, finding a job and even a girlfriend in London, Mike only becomes more and more detached from those around him in an almost anti-coming-of-age. His inability to relate to others and his undependable memory (able to recall countless lines of text yet sometimes incapable of summoning up his own experiences from mere days before) lead the reader down an unclear and often darkly humorous path where one is never completely comfortable or confident about what is true.<br><br>Mike Engleby is a chilling and unforgettable character, and <i>Engleby</i> is a novel that will surprise and beguile Sebastian Faulks' readership.</p> 2399286 4 9 2007 Engleby: A Novel total:540|5:92|4:203|3:154|2:69|1:22| 540 1894 829 153 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 4 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 08:25:07 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 15:21:15 -0800 2007 Birdsong many years ago, and I think that's the only Faulks novel I've ever read--and I frankly don't remember too much about, including whether or not I liked it, so it's unlikely I would have picked this up on my own. An NPR interview steered me in the d...more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 5 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 19:16:22 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 15:27:47 -0800 2007 want time to appear to run forwards because the ‘future’ is the only place you can see an escape from the intolerable overload of feeling. But at such moments time doesn’t move. And if...more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 1 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:59:52 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 08:02:06 -0800 2008
Too awful to finish: #5 in an ongoing series.

The Accused: Engleby, by Sebastia...more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 3 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 01 18:59:39 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 19:07:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:28:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:33:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 3 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 07:03:11 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 07:08:37 -0700 2007
1. the book is set in the past, and characters make prediction...more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 2 1 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 14 06:15:18 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 06:16:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 25 10:07:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 10:14:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 1 false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 05:45:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 05:56:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 566185 0091794501 9780091794507 18 13 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175856149m/566185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566185.Engleby 4 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 01:38:49 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 10:22:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 0 true Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:25:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 13:25:44 -0700 2009
When you meet Engleby, it doesn’t take long to realize that something is "off" about him. To me, he appears more "Asperger’s Syndrome...more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 13:22:38 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 21:21:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 566185 0091794501 9780091794507 18 13 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175856149m/566185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566185.Engleby 4 0 false Thu Jul 02 12:25:13 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 02:39:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 08:09:02 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 14:55:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 566185 0091794501 9780091794507 18 13 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175856149m/566185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566185.Engleby 3 1 false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 03:26:27 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 13:01:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 2 1 false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 07:20:34 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 09:25:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 4 1 true Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 06:17:01 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 06:19:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3258009 0099521164 9780099521167 19 6 3.51 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3258009.Engleby_A_Format 4 1 false Sun Jun 08 11:19:41 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 11:21:57 -0700 2008 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 5 1 true Mon May 12 12:30:02 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 09:00:35 -0700 2008
Prose is perfect, thanks, Faulk!]]> 956719 0385524056 9780385524056 383 105 3.51 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179795073m/956719.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956719.Engleby_A_Novel 1 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 02:21:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 02:24:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1743988