Painting the Darkness [Import] [Paperback]

Robert Goddard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Corgi Books; New Ed edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552132829
• ISBN-13: 978-0552132824
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unfamiliar British Writer Who Hides His Light Under a Bush, July 28, 2001

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"golftour1" (spring hill, fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting the Darkness (Paperback)

I discovered Robert Goddard by accident when I took a random choice book (Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard)off the shelf in my local library about three months ago. Since then, I have devoured everything I can find that he has written. He takes a fairly simple story and weaves events and characters into his tale which keep the reader fascinated until the very last page.It turns out that one has read, in fact, a wonderful mystery story in the true sense of the word. Why is there not more publicity about the author? Do his books have large sales? A new reader only has to read his/her first Goddard novel and they are hooked forever. A modern Trollope whom the world should know more about.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first Goddard novel I read, March 18, 2000

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Cresley (Norwich, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting the Darkness (Paragon Large Print) (Paperback)

This book was recommended to me by my mother. She always gives good advice. After I read this book I went on to read all the other titles as soon as Goddard publishes them.

The plot is superb, a real gripper. Is he or isn't he James? You make up your own mind throughout, but you never really know until the conclusion. It is beautifully, intricately unravelled - it's just got to be read!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read Nonstop On A Long Road Trip, May 26, 2000

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Painting the Darkness (Paperback)

I couldn't put this book down, dying to know the truth about whether this man was the one who supposedly killed himself years earlier or an imposter. What really made this book was that the chapters alternated between a first person point-of-view and a third person point-of-view. I previously thought it was impossible to pull off shifting point-of-views in a novel but this one proved to be the total exception. It was an experiment that was an unqualified success. All writers should also read this book to explore the outter reaches of creative possibilites open to them.