The Insult (Bloomsbury Classic Reads) - Softcover

Thomson, Rupert

3.59

1,252 ratings by Goodreads

9780747574620: The Insult (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747574626 ISBN 13: 9780747574620

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2004

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It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car a shot rings out...When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must expect to experience shock, depression, self-pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. And one spring evening, while Martin is practising in the clinic gardens with his new white cane, something miraculous happens.

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Review:

‘A stunning premise, brilliantly unravelled...it confirms Thomson in the front rank of English authors’ -- Observer

‘A stunningly clever thriller’ -- Sunday Times

‘The Insult met every requirement I felt I could possibly have of a novel ... breathtakingly clever’ -- The Times

‘Wonderful ... he has an extraordinary capacity to construct a parallel universe ... a powerful creative talent’ -- Guardian

Book Description:

The utterly engrossing and disturbing novel from the author of Divided Kingdom

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