Life In The West, Brian W. Aldiss
Life In The West, Brian W. Aldiss
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Life In The West

Author: Brian W. Aldiss

Narrator: Harry Frost

Unabridged: 12 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/13/2024


Synopsis

First in the acclaimed Squire Quartet—from the author of Supertoys Last All Summer Long, the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

Thomas C. Squire, creator of the hit documentary series Frankenstein Among the Arts, one-time secret agent and founder of the Society for Popular aesthetics, is attending an international media symposium in Sicily. It is here that he becomes involved with lovely, but calculating Selina Ajdina. Alongside the drama of the conference is the story of Squire's private life—the tale of his infidelity, the horrifying circumstances surrounding his father's death, and the threatened future of his ancestral home in England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on March 02, 2012

Aldiss is, of course, better known for science fiction - in fact, I'll wager that, for most people, he's only known as the author of the Helliconia trilogy, or that story (Supertoys Last All Summer Long) which inspired Kubrick / Spielberg's A.I. But he's what many people would consider a 'serious' a......more

Goodreads review by Peter on December 29, 2016

I started this and it began quite well but after reading some of the comments decided that it was a piece of history.Life is too short to finish it now,maybe later when nothing else is around......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on December 25, 2016

A bit of a letdown. This was on a list of the 75 most well written books of the 20th century. It is beautifully written with great detail and description. However, the story was a bit exhaustive. Would much rather recommend something by Somerset Maugham, whose writing this book reminded me of, but w......more

Goodreads review by Vanyo666 on August 22, 2015

Dull, dated and boring until the end. I cannot care one inch about Tom Squire, despite his yoga and his Gurdjieff. Will not pursue the other books in this quartet. Wonder what Burgess saw in this.......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on November 14, 2015

Book 1 of the Squire Quartet. Straight fiction. The main character seems to me to be totally clueless.......more