Not because it is not good enough, but rather because it is too good. A Marks and Spencer security guard is facing a long jail sentence after he was found guilty of killing a shoplifter he suspected of stealing meat.

It’s amazing.How this book got published is a complete mystery to me. It’s more like Howl translated into Latin and then back again. This is not The Da Vinci Code for intellectuals. Summary: A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A Publishers Weekly BEST BOOK OF.

It doesn’t even supply the answers to most of its own questions. Ten, nine, eight pages from the end, one still hopes, but this book does not contain any of the answers offered by The Secret History of the World. Its main lesson, that 'the reader, not the poet, is the alchemist,' is a hard one to apply. What does one find in the depths? Nothing? Everything? A bit of both? The book - in the end long, frustrating and slow - becomes a mirror, perhaps inscribed, as are several mirrors in this text, with the words 'this is the face of god you see.' But what that actually means is anyone’s guess. Those are exalted names, but the depth of these stories and the straightforward artistry of Seay’s writing will woo those. It’s a book about reading, specifically depth reading, to a point of inexplicable transcendence. The Mirror Thief contains three distinct narratives, set in three cities and three eras, which coalesce in a single twisting, turning, metaphysical journey that’s sure to please fans of David Mitchell and Umberto Eco. The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay 1,934 ratings, 3.00 average rating, 400 reviews Open Preview The Mirror Thief Quotes Showing 1-15 of 15 Often we are told, and rightly so, that we can know God by knowing ourselves, for we are made in His image. The Mirror Thief is, it turns out, essentially a book about hermeneutics and disappointment.

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