Dumb House [Import] [Paperback]

John Burnside (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: VINTAGE (RAND); New Ed edition (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099582716
• ISBN-13: 978-0099582717
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,036,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shocking in nature, January 31, 2000

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Daniel Kenneth Jones (Nuevo Laredo, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dumb House (Paperback)

I came accross this book in a rather strange way. I was traveling to Monterrey, Mexico departing from the bus station in Nuevo Laredo, when an English couple came up to me and offered me the book, noticing I was the only American, hense the only obvious english speaker of the bunch. I took it and read during my three hour bus ride into metropolitan Monterrey. I was immediately wrapped tightly around the story line, for I hadn't read a book so off the beaten path in as long as I can remember. It's an interesting story to start with, and gets stranger and stranger as the "experiements" with the, better said, HIS children continue. I found myself in the end reading the book simply to find out how it ended. When I did finish it, I was completely surprised, and wished that it would have continued and had some better explanation for the actions of the gentelmen. But it was definately worth the time, and I have recommended it to several people since reading it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A chilling, wonderful read, November 4, 1998

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Steve Baumgarten (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dumb House (Paperback)

A. L. Kennedy's blurb on the back cover sums up this dark and disturbing book perfectly: "The Dumb House is a wonderfully disturbing book -- chillingly focused and lyrically amoral with moments of remarkable stillness and beauty. A poetic novel in the best and most troubling sense."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bizarre experiment, September 3, 1998

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Per Jorgen Walstroem - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dumb House (Paperback)

This book is special, I have read nothing like it. The world is seen through the eyes of a madman, but somehow everything he does makes sense. There is a logical explanation to everything and soon you start to almost approve of his behaviour, as if nothing is allowed to jeopardize 'The Experiment'...