Engleby - Sebastian Faulks Reviews

Sebastion Faulks is probably best known for his 1993 novel 'Birdsong' - a novel of war and erotic love, which sold over 3 million copies. 'Engleby' was first published in 2007, as Faulk's eighth novel, and it is a million miles from the drama and agony of the trenches. As with many of the best novels, a lot of the main character's story echoes ...  Read the complete review

Engleby is a novel by the fantastic author Sebastian Faulks following the life of teenager from working class family who goes from a quiet, intelligent young boy who is bullied from an early age to a mentally disturbed man. The novel entails decades of often far inbetween diary accounts from Mike Engelby himself, the only regular accounts during ...  Read the complete review

Sebastian Faulks is a veteran of many best selling novels and I am always tempted to pick up a new book by him when I spot it on the shelves. His early novels Birdsong and Charlotte Grey focussed on war stories but over the past few years he has branched out and proved time and time that he is an extremely versatile ...  Read the complete review

Sebastian Faulks is a well regarded writer with many fine books on his CV including Birdsong (1993) Charlotte Gray (1998) and On Green Dolphin Street (2001). He seems to be always looking for new challenges in his writing and recently in 2008 he became the latest author to write an official James Bond novel 'Devil May Care', at the request of the ...  Read the complete review

Obsession. Stalking. A chance encounter and something just clicks in your subconscious. Before you realise what's happened, you have an almost irresistible compulsion to become part of that person's life. To invade their circle of friends. Your imagination takes over. In your head, the object of your passion belongs to you. You know everything ...  Read the complete review