The Glamour
By (Author) Christopher Priest
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
1st September 2005
9th June 2005
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1985 (UK)
Paperback
240
Width 201mm, Height 146mm, Spine 18mm
212g
Cameraman Richard Grey's memory has blanked out the few weeks before he was injured in a car bomb explosion. When he is visited by a girl who seems to have been his lover, his attempts to recall the forgotten period produce an odyssey through France and conflicting accounts of what happened. When Susan Kewley speaks to him of that time, he finds himself glimpsing a terrible twilight world - the world of the glamour.
"A tightly narrated slice of psychological horror." The Independent "[a] cool, understated chiller. Priest's control over his story will keep you turning the pages as events slowly twist their way to an unseen climax." -- Brian J. Robb DREAMWATCH
Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Prestige is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award); The Separation won both the Arthur C. Clarke and the British Science Fiction Awards. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983.