The house on Brooke Street Book

The strengths of this book are also in some ways its weaknesses. mr Page casts over his memories to try and sift the c(l)ues in order to work out the fate of his doppleganger mr Clive. It makes for a non-linear narrative, as each retelling of the key events shifts slightly from those previous. But that can also be a tad repetitive for the reader too. There is also an element of Dorian Grey, mr Clive being the man who acts on his sexual desires flouting society's proscriptions, whereas narrator mr Page can only look on admiringly and this coincidence of looks & proclivities doesn't quite work for me. But it's written with Bartlett's usual mastery so definitely a 4 stars rather than a 3.