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The short description of this book sounds exceptionally intriguing - someone is going around the London Underground pushing random people off the platform into the path of oncoming trains. London resident Adam suffers from narcolepsy and while he reads about these incidents in the newspaper, initially this has little impact on his life and social circle. But as his friends start to act increasingly strange, Adam has more frequent confusing episodes where he is unclear if they are fugue states se...
Dark and disorienting, this novel reads like one of the protagonist's narcoleptic hallucinations. The central conceit of this book is that underneath London's crowded, grimey streets are secret, inhabited tunnels (with fewer crowds but more grime). This confusing maze of a storyline involves a mad man pushing people in front of subway trains (pursued by the narcoleptic hero of the story), possibly imaginary/possibly invisible friends,hidden magical pockets of real estate in London, mysterious vo...
Just finished this book and I'm not really sure what any of it was about. At first I enjoyed the switching between the two worlds and the grimy characterisation of London but towards the end it became increasingly indecipherable and annoying. Sorry to the author. I don't like giving a bad review. I did enjoy it in parts, which is why I gave three stars. I was waiting for some revelation at the end that would clear the confusion but it never came.
I found the narrative a little hard to keep track of and the characters somewhat hard to engage with; but then in a novel dealing with aspects of identity, I don't know how that could be avoided.
