If you have a chance to read this, it is well worth it. Set in Cambridge in the 70's, it's quite a disturbing portrayal of a young man, Mike Engelby, who loses his way - or maybe he'd lost it a long time before in his childhood. Quite strong images at times - you want to sympathise with the character, but there's something slightly dark about him that distances him from you.
Strange this thing about trying to be part of something but ending up being slightly on the edge - as if you are constantly taking a tangent. Maybe what's disturbing about Engelby is that I can think of at least one or two moments during my life when I've had this distinct feeling I didn't really fit in with what was around me. Have you ever felt this? Ver odd - it comes and goes in a fleeting moment. A bit dark really.
Click on the book cover to watch part of an interview with the writer.
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