Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780753812761
ISBN: 0753812762
Label: Phoenix
Manufacturer: Phoenix
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 06, 2001
Publisher: Phoenix
Sales Rank: 65119
Studio: Phoenix

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Rating: - pleasant enough
The book was interesting enough to keep me entertained on a long train journey, but someone who sets his story in various periods of history needs to tighten up more on the historical fee. I'd already begun to feel the style was wrong when there was reference to a 'stable manager' in the eighteenth century, but couldn't believe when the main character travelling to revolutionary France refers to telegrams.

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Rating: - An historical romp that doesn't quite deliver.
The poor Matthieu Zela is at his wits end. His twenty-two-year old nephew Tommy, a hugely popular English television celebrity, just can't look after himself, spending most of his days living on the edge, snorting cocaine and partying to all hours of the morning. Indeed Matthiew fears that Tommy may go the way of Tommy's ancestors, everyone one of whom has met with an unhappy ending.

Matthieu is all too familiar with the various generations of Thomas's as his lineage has always been ... Read More

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Rating: - Intricate storyline but limited insight
This is a story about a man who lives for 256 years; the author narrates his personal history and that of a series of nephews. Due to the long lifetime of the main protaganist, several narrative lines are interwoven, giving the potential for suspense and even cliffhangers. The author concentrates on the lifestory of the protaganist, and the most memorable storylines are in the 'present' - ie 1999 and in the early parts of the protagonists lifetime.
I was moved by the vivid and lifelike portrayal ... Read More

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Rating: - A fantastic read
This is a truly imaginative read - a novel about a man who never dies, just carries on living, year after year, through the centuries. Rich in contrasts, the chapters swing between different eras; one of my favourites were the scenes where he moves to Hollywood and meets Charlie Chaplin, depicting him a cold womaniser off screen. The plot is fast-paced, combining numerous passionate affairs, not to mention the odd murder and chase sequence. This is literary fiction at its most accessible - a novel which ... Read More

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Rating: - good old-fashioned storytelling...
Now don't get me wrong - i'm not saying anything against modern hi-tech whizz-bang post-modern storytelling, cut-ups and fold-overs and spiralling internal monologues, but occasionally, just sometimes, it's nice to read a well-thought-out, diligently researched tale that utilises some modern method (time-jumping for one) but otherwise could have come straight from Dickens or Scott at their most imaginative. "The Thief Of Time" will transport you into the mind of a 256-year-old who's seen-it done-it in ... Read More

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