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Skin Lane Paperback | Pages: 320 pages
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Title:Skin Lane
Author:Neil Bartlett
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 320 pages
Published:March 22nd 2007 by Serpent's Tail (first published January 2007)
Categories:Fiction. LGBT. GLBT. Queer. Historical. Historical Fiction. Gay

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At 47, Mr. F's working life on London's Skin Lane is one governed by calm, precision and routine. So when he starts to have frightening, recurring nightmares, he does his best to ignore them. The images that appear in his dream are disturbing, Mr. F can't for the life of him think where they have come from. After all, he's a perfectly ordinary middle-aged man.

As London's crooked backstreets begin to swelter in the long, hot summer of 1967, Mr. F's nightmare becomes an obsession. A chance encounter adds a face to the body that nightly haunts him, and the torments of his sweat-drenched nights lead him and the reader deeper into a terrifying labyrinth of rage, desire and shame.

Part fairy-tale, part compelling evocation of a now-lost London, Neil Bartlett's long-awaited third novel is his fiercest piece of writing yet: cruel, erotic, and tender.

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Original Title: Skin Lane
ISBN: 1852429194 (ISBN13: 9781852429195)
Edition Language: English
Literary Awards: Costa Book Award Nominee for Novel (2007)

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Ratings: 4.02 From 300 Users | 55 Reviews

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After a nights sleep on this I have many thoughts on this book. The story for me was disturbing sad, it portrays so much loneliness, heartache and abandonment. The MC goes through inner conflict alone in the world and impressively strong without any understating of life around him. It is so sad to see how sensual and tactile he is with his work yet utterly alone in every aspect of life. The object of his affection is written razor sharp. The manipulation, narcissism and selfishness of

4,5 starsWhat an unusual book!To tell the truth, I've never read the blurb (maybe I read it the first time I came across this book on my feeds, but I don't remember it). It was enough for me to see many 5 stars reviews from the people I know and trust, because of their tastes I could rely upon. I wanted to read it. I needed to read it. There was ONLY a paperback of this book to purchase on Amazon, and ONLY as a secondhand exemplar. (Can someone explain me WHY?) This book should be republished

The slow, methodical routine of a solitary life is thrown into turmoil by the emergence of secret desires. Tension gradually builds as it seems ever more likely that there will be horrible consequences. Near the end I was holding the book open at a tight right angle and covering the bottom half of pages so my eyes wouldnt jump ahead and spoil the climax. Brilliant writing, disturbing and moving.

I've read my first novel by Neil Bartlett, The Disappearance Boy, back in the summer and I was utterly impressed by it. Nothing, however, could prepare me for the mind-blowing experience that is Skin Lane. The enigmatic story of the lonely and mysterious Mr F, head cutter in one of the many furriers' workshops that used to litter one specific lane in the City of London in the late 1960s, left me with a strange mixture of unease and hope.The sweltering summer of 1967 was London's own Summer of

One of the eeriest and most atmospheric books I've read in a long time - a story about obsession and loneliness, set in the oppressively hot London summer of 1967. It's the summer homosexuality was decriminalised, but the central character, Mr F, is almost unaware of that. He's working as a furrier in the fur district in the City which is now long gone, haunted by disturbingly violent dreams, leading a ferociously disciplined solitary life, when everything he has repressed returns to overturn

Intense. Unpredictable. And compelling. So compelling, in fact, that I cannot believe it's from the same author as The Disappearance Boy, which I found to be bland and boring.I especially liked the writing in Skin Lane. It is one of those books where you feel like every sentence has meaning, which is probably why it took me so long to finish it.I enjoyed reading it, but I didn't want to... use it up quite so fast.This novel is an intricate psychological study that sucks you in deeper and deeper,

A heartbreaking book with one of the most peculiar narrators I've ever come across. A beautiful LGBT read.