Creation Lake
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Creation Lake
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Narrated by:
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Rachel Kushner
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By:
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Rachel Kushner
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**
Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism.
Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.
Beneath this a taut, dazzling story of espionage and intrigue lies one of a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future, and a profound treatise on human history.
'The most exciting writer of her generation' BRET EASTON ELLIS
'Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture' HERNAN DIAZ
'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carré' OBSERVER
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- Steph
- 15-10-2024
Humor and observation on humanity
I liked the characters- especially the protagonist’s lack of moral code and intelligence. I liked also the realism that ran throughout the novel .
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- Broosch
- 28-09-2024
It might not have been coincidence
It’s a bit like a James Bond movie - a job that you can imagine to exist in reality but not one that you come across…. Or you may have and never realized.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Rachel Scott
- 27-11-2024
Possibly brilliant …
I feel as if I need to read this again to see how it all fits together. I was fascinated by Bruno’s theories about prehistory, and simultaneously repelled by Sadie’s amorality, and not quite convinced that it all came together in the end. A fascinating premise, but, and beautiful writing.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-12-2024
Sun shines on the good and bad
It seemed to me to be an existential novel wanting a Hollywood producer to love it.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Greg Szollosi
- 26-11-2024
A good story, very poor narration
The narrator was so monotone that they turned a colourful story monochrome. I have to be honest i thought it was AI.
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- Kim Wingerei
- 13-12-2024
Confused by the great reviews
Gave it a chance, but after an hour or so I still had no idea what it was about, except a lot of quasi philosophy and no discernible plot. Gave it a miss.
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