![]() ![]() The slightly shabby mansion, its lake and grounds and woodland, seem cut off from ordinary life the 'drift', the long avenue leading in from the Intending just to visit and take stock of the place before heading to Greece for the summer, he and a friend, Hall, the Suffolk mansion he unexpectedly inherits from a grumpy uncle. The 'inversion' of the title refers to Ecalpemos - some place in reverse - the name given by Adam, one of the viewpoint characters, to Wyvis The sense of placeĪnd atmosphere is particularly powerful here. Even on a re-reading, knowing the main thrust of the plot and the breathtaking twist at the end, I couldn't put it down.Ī FATAL INVERSION, too, has the attraction of being set during the very hot summer of 1976, which I well remember from my student days. She will soon have you thoroughly hooked. If you start on a Barbara Vine novel, you'd better have plenty of time at your disposal Ill-intentioned, people become involved in terrible events through their circumstances or obsessions. ![]() Read many Ruth Rendell titles too, but have always preferred her as Barbara Vine, for the creeping sense of menace, and the way in which ordinary, not particularly I first saw the TV adaptation in 1992, and when I read the novel it was the first of many Barbara Vine books I went on to devour. I've now I couldn't resist returning to my favourite Barbara Vine novel after mentioning it in an interview with JonĪppleton as a book I'd like to have written. ![]()
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