Books by Peter Murphy
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English
review 1: A little more than 24 hours has gone by since I finished this book, and it's still with me. Beautiful, raw, and poignant. I loved its language and atmosphere more than the actual story I think, but I felt so sucked into it that I didn't lay it down once, I read it from cover to c...
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English
review 1: John the Revelator...the song, the book. John of Patmos. John of Jesus and the Book of Revelation.I began reading Peter Murphy's first novel and expected to be engaged, even amazed. And sometimes I was. I think I stumbled often because I "saw" more symbolism and myth and Biblica...
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English
review 1: Solid debut novel which is not particularly unique subject-wise (rural coming-of-age story told from the point of view of a troubled teenage boy) but what marks this out is the sinister Gothic feel and the quality of writing by Murphy who has a great ear for word combinations tha...