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5.0�toiles sur 5 Brooding, atmospheric and very disturbing, Sep 12 2003

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This review is from: Spider (Paperback)

Patrick McGrath's debut novel is in the spotlight once again more than a decade after its original publication, thanks to David Cronenberg's dark and deeply disturbing adaptation of "Spider" in which Ralph Fiennes delivers a finely calibrated tour de force in a virtually non-speaking role that shows us what great acting is all about. Except for its subtle timeline shift, the movie is uncannily faithful to McGrath's novel. I read the book after I watched the movie and scene after scene, it was almost identical, except that Cronenberg decided to leave out the scenes relating to Spider's period of incarceration in a nuthouse.

McGrath is a master of the dark, disturbing and macabre. He doesn't mess about and knows how to tell a good story. Brooding and deeply atmospheric, the reader believes what Spider tells him about his childhood, his relationship with his adored mother and hated father, his father's cheap and nasty affair with the neighbourhood barmaid and its fatal consequences. Although a little slow and repetitive when McGrath takes us through Spider's routine as he takes temporary refuge in a half-way house after his release, this is unavoidable and in fact a realistic depiction of the circular illusions in Spider's head. There's a twist - more than a little twist - at the end which isn't just clever but credible. Quite clearly, Spider didn't just turn loony from his father's beatings. There is just a whiff of a hint of the underlying cause in Cronenberg's movie - I won't say what it is - but I think it's a perceptive take on a less than pat ending.

Those who discovered McGrath through his later works like "Asylum" will find "Spider" an excellent novel. It deserves the attention it is now getting. Recommended.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Blowed away, Juil 29 2003

Par	Celine (Lawrenceville, Ga United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

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I picked this book up because it was part of a summer reading program and did not know what to expect. Surprise, I could not put it down. Thru books and movies we sometimes see the actions of the criminally insane but this story shows what is going on inside the mind. The thought precedes the deed, and what a tangeled web of thought does this Spider weave. A dark dirty spiral into total distortion.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Spider weaves creepy tale of darkness, Mai 16 2003

Par	David Group (Buffalo, NY) - Voir tous mes commentaires

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Reading this book, it is easy to see why Cronenberg decided to film it-- it takes place in the macabre world of the mind of a mentally deranged man, a schizophrenic who obsesses over the mysterious death of his mother. Those looking for Stephen King-type thrills should look elsewhere, as this book's chills are much more subtle and realistic. I haven't seen the movie yet, but if any filmmaker could capture the twisted gothic atmosphere of the book, it is Cronenberg.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Tread carefully in Spider's world
This is a compelling and disturbing little book that leaves the reader with a truly distorted sense of reality. Read more

Publi� le Mars 29 2003 par J. Fercho

3.0�toiles sur 5 Mood Vs. Action
A novel of murderously dark mood but little to no action; and by action I do not mean what you'd expect to find between the pages of a David Morrell page-turner. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 11 2003 par Kris

5.0�toiles sur 5 Trapped in a Spider web
This is my third Patrick McGrath's novel and my favourite so far. I've read 'Asylum' and 'Dr. Haggard's Disease' . Read more

Publi� le Oct. 17 2002 par Alysson Oliveira