Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Definitely recommended.Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. If this is your first taste of Vanda Symon’s writing, the buckle up. The ending is fast paced, an edge of the seat, nail biting burst of action, enforced by skilful, understated and yet undeniably powerful and unforgettable writing. It is a story about strength of spirit, and the ability to overcome a crushing darkness, whether literal or psychological. It is more about reaction to, than engagement in, the violence, but it is no less powerful for our being kept that one step removed.
Intense, dark, and twisted, this is a fast and pulse-raising read that absolutely gripped me as a reader. Contrast this slow breakdown in Bradley’s personality, his decline towards a kind of madness, and Max’s reconnection with faces from his past and there is a none stop wave of emotion that floods through the entire narrative. She is never subjected to sexual violence, but still there is an intensity to the indignities and pain she endures that still creates that sense of violation, that attempt to slowly break her spirit. The circumstances in which Billy is kept creates an almost visceral response in me as a reader. There is a constant sense of threat, anger and violence, even if the majority of if it kept off the page. There are scenes in the book which really do cut right to the bone, left me feeling rightfully uncomfortable. Seeing the difference in the way Max is treated when he is viewed as ‘just another bum’, compared to when he makes the effort to show the person beneath the crime is so reminiscent of society’s attitude toward people on the streets that it provokes a strange mixture of emotions – anger at the injustice of the dismissiveness he experiences, and shame that this is typical behaviour for many of those in society who are are in a much more fortunate personal position. It is a story that speaks to the seemingly invisible nature of the homeless community, of the police’s unwillingness to listen to them, much less care if one should go missing. Of family estrangement, of mental health crises, and of unforgiving standards of morality. This is a story of obsession, anger and depression. Whilst there are others who inform the story – the formidable and unstoppable Meredith, Max’s estranged son, and even Bradley’s wife – but the story really does belong to these three.
His back story is tragic but authentic, all too common amongst the homeless community. Homeless, forgotten, he is Billy’s friend and someone whose determination to find her could be his undoing. Ground down personally and professionally he makes one ill fated decision, but one that unleashes a dark side in his psyche that struggles to be controlled. Bradley Fordyce is your archetypal city worker. Selling her body, and her soul, to obtain the paints she needs to finish her latest work of art, it proves to be a case of one trick too many for this particular stray. Billy is an artist, a homeless teenager whose backstory is as heart wrenching as the terrible situation she finds herself forced into. The book is the tale of three very different, equally troubled characters, all trying to survive the day to day in their own unique ways.
#FACELESS BOOK SERIES#
This is a far cry from the world of Vanda Symon’s series hero, Sam Shephard, but its impact is no less powerful, in fact arguably more so, and its characters equally memorable as any we have met before.
Triggering a whole gamut of emotions, anger, fear, compassion and empathy, feelings that at time are almost visceral, this book in not only thought provoking, but it is laden with almost unrelenting tension and is so perfectly paced that I just ate it up.
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