Disturbance, Jenna Clake
Disturbance, Jenna Clake
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Disturbance

Author: Jenna Clake

Narrator: Catrin Walker-Booth

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2023


Synopsis

As the sun sets on a feverishly hot July evening, a young woman spies on her teenage neighbor, transfixed by what looks like an occult ritual intended to banish an ex-boyfriend. Alone in a new town and desperate to expel the claustrophobic memories of her own ex that have followed, the narrator decides to try to hex herself free from her past. She falls in with the neighbor and her witchy friend, exploring nascent supernatural powers as the boundaries of reality shift in and out of focus. But when the creaks and hums of her apartment escalate into something more violent, she realizes that she may have brought her boyfriend’s presence?whether psychological or paranormal?back to haunt her. With astonishing emotional depth and clarity, Disturbance explores the fallout of abuse. Propulsive and wry, this razor-sharp debut twists witchcraft and horror into a powerful narrative of one woman’s struggle to return to herself.

About Jenna Clake

Jenna Clake is the author of two collections of poetry, Museum of Ice Cream and Fortune Cookie, which received an Eric Gregory award. Disturbance is her debut novel. She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ronan on January 10, 2016

Went from casual ignorance of O'Neill's pre-At Swim, Two Boys career very quickly to owning the lot (okay, the two), and quicker still from starting this to finishing. It's of course a lesser effort than that later masterpiece—most things I've read are—but its discomfiting match of genuinely sympath......more

Goodreads review by Eden on December 23, 2024

Visit JetBlackDragonfly (The Man Who Read Too Much) at www.edenthompson.ca/blog Disturbance is the debut novel from author Jamie O'Neill. It was followed by Kibrack (1990) and At Swim, Two Boys (2001). O'Neill has been hailed as the rightful successor to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, taking his pla......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on March 18, 2021

Nilus Moore, the narrator is in his mid teens and still at school as he starts his account. His mother has recently died, and he lives with his father, but it seems Nilus' world is falling down around him. Their large house is crumbling away while the other houses in the street are being demolished,......more

Goodreads review by Liam on July 14, 2023

That I can rank this novel in the same way I rank O'Neill's 'At Swim Two Boys' should tell you that this is an extraordinary first novel of a brilliance that is quite astounding. Others have pointed out that the novel owes debts to Patrick McCabe; but how can any Irish writer after him not be influe......more

Goodreads review by Toby on July 30, 2023

Really not sure what I just read......more