John Gordon (3) (1925–2017)
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Gordon, John William
- Geburtstag
- 1925-11-19
- Todestag
- 2017-11-20
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Jarrow-on-Tyne, County Durham, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
- Todesursache
- Alzheimer's disease
- Wohnorte
- Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK - Berufe
- journalist
- Organisationen
- Royal Navy (WWII)
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- Werke
- 26
- Auch von
- 27
- Mitglieder
- 421
- Beliebtheit
- #57,942
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 10
- ISBNs
- 138
- Sprachen
- 3
Donald is a young man, working for a local newspaper in his gap year before going to university, who starts to investigate a weird cult who have a fixation with body parts. Set in the late 90s, though suspiciously more like the 70s - computers are mentioned but the author overcomes any need to portray them by having the newspaper editor a Luddite who insists they stick to manual typewriters, not even electric ones - it is told from Donald's first person viewpoint and begins when he witnesses an accident in which a man is struck by a bus. The man seems badly injured, but soon has an amazing recovery although in many ways he resembles to a zombie.
The book features some of Gordon's previously encountered themes such as the fascination exercised by an older woman over a young man, and a young woman who appears fey and shy to begin with but develops into an equal partner - and in this case, one with nerves and stomach of steel - as she and Donald come up against the horrific developments which follow. There was a nice dark humour to the story and it was definitely tongue in cheek in the big climax. Hence a 4-star rating.… (mehr)