false 1139452 7 2010084 1 5 2007 Darkmans total:353|5:76|4:133|3:91|2:28|1:25| 353 1266 716 107 3 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 13:58:33 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 10:27:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:15:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:21:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false true Fri Jul 11 19:03:07 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 19:15:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Fri Jan 04 05:34:56 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 07:01:11 -0700 2008
"On a good day she was a Superman or a Wonderwoman,
doggedly fighting foot-crime and the causes of foot-crime (usually - when all was finally said and done - the ill-fit...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 17:31:14 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 07:16:32 -0700 2008 This was a really entertaining read. Despite the length (over 800 pgs) I cruised through it in about a week. Darkmans is written in a unique style that uses mostly dialog and inner narrative to move everything forward. The result is a fast pace that keeps the reader purposely on edge, sligh...more...]]> 4 1 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 09:16:35 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 21:39:12 -0700 2007
350 pages in and enjoying MUCH more. Very funny book.


Whew!! What a ride. This book reminded me very much of a Tarantino movie in that some o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 27 15:43:01 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 09 13:56:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 24 20:56:51 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 21:00:20 -0800 2008 Nicola Barker is one of the best contemporary writers--not least because she challenges herself with each book. This is...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 13:00:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 17:13:06 -0700 2008
The juxtaposition of this thoroughly modern setting and the force of history bubbling underneath it was fantastic. ]]> 1 1 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:06:01 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:12:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 24 21:32:53 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 15:07:51 -0800 2009 1
I was initially disappointed with the ending but allowing time to brood over ...more...]]> 1 1 true true Tue Dec 02 09:24:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 06:42:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed May 07 16:16:39 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 08:13:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 07:32:09 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 08:36:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 03 08:48:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 17 05:50:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 12 09:38:41 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 03 07:19:01 -0700 2008
This book has the potential to win the Booker -- it is incredible. The writing is superlative, the cha...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 13:54:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 07:37:31 -0800 2008
*waits*

I used this site that Monissa found while searching for a cheap copy of this book--http://www.bookprice24.co.uk/. It turned up the same 'best buy' I'd already found by my own efforts--a copy on Amazon Marketplace--so that ch...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 12 12:15:22 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 16 11:12:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 17 18:39:01 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 16 21:02:17 -0700 2008
A father and son, Beede and Kane, are the center of the book; they live in the town on the English side of the Chunnel. Beede manages a hospital laundry but is...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 29 15:31:12 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:36:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2006155