James Smythe

The Machine

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Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK’s brightest new literary talents.
Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory.
Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side-effects too harmful. But within Beth’s flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back and that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece.
A Frankenstein tale for the 21st century, The Machine is a story of the indelibility of memory, the human cost of science and the horrors of love.
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306 printed pages
Publication year
2013
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  • MMshared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading
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    It's gripping and thought-provoking

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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    But it was the only one she had found in six months of searching, and she hadn’t spent any money for the last few years beyond the essentials.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    She still paid through the nose for it.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    She had to email the man directly to ask if he had any working Machines, and it took four emails (making her jump through hoops) before he trusted her enough to tell her his prices.

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