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06/12/08
TITLE/AUTHOR: COMPLICITY by Iain Banks
RATING: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Fiction/1993/313 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Stand Alone
TIME/PLACE: 1990's/Scotland
CHARACTERS: Cameron Colley/newspaper journalist
FIRST LINES: You hear the car after an hour & a half.
COMMENTS: 03/20 rec as a bookcrossing ring/ray. A "1001" must read book. Told in alternate voices -- Cameron a quirky journalist and then from the serial killer's perspective. ...more
TITLE/AUTHOR: COMPLICITY by Iain Banks
RATING: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Fiction/1993/313 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Stand Alone
TIME/PLACE: 1990's/Scotland
CHARACTERS: Cameron Colley/newspaper journalist
FIRST LINES: You hear the car after an hour & a half.
COMMENTS: 03/20 rec as a bookcrossing ring/ray. A "1001" must read book. Told in alternate voices -- Cameron a quirky journalist and then from the serial killer's perspective. ...more

Ok, maybe because I read this book not long after I read the Tinker-Tailor, the tone is so familiar- even though the theme is a bit different (this is about serial killers instead of spy), but the twist and setting feels the same. I don't really like the S&M details about the murders though.. and for me the ending is a bit stale. I don't know. Just not in the mood.
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Feb 25, 2021
Charlene Oleah
marked it as to-read

Aug 07, 2024
Dana Arbelaez
marked it as to-read