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‘The ultimate gated community is a human being with a closed mind.’ JG Ballard In Dubai there’s a new world of high-luxury resorts emerging for the super-rich—but at what price to everyone else? Lea, Roy and their 15 year-old daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy has been hired to deal with teething problems at Dream World, a futuristic beach complex. In the oppressive heat, the wives appear happy to follow behind their husbands, cooking and arranging tea parties, but Lea finds herself a virtual prisoner in a land where Western women are regarded with indifference and suspicion. At least there are a few friendly outsiders who don’t enjoy the conformity of the ex-pat community—until one night, when the most outspoken one dies in a suspicious accident. It’s the first in a string of terrible occurrences that divide the foreign workers. Lea’s neighbours start to blame migrants, locals and even each other. Lea is convinced that deliberate acts of cruelty are being committed—but is there a real threat to her life, or is she becoming paranoid? And what if what she fears most is really happening? What happens in a world where only the rich are important? Welcome to a future that’s five minutes away, where rebellion against conformity can lead to the unthinkable… ‘Fowler demonstrates that [supernatural stories] can both chill the blood and be a repository for truly elegant writing.’ The Independent on Nyctophobia ‘A deeply uneasy atmosphere, and assured, witty prose. ****’ SFX on Nyctophobia ‘A useful message, couched in thriller guise: only by empathizing with demons can we conquer them.’ Locus Magazine on Nyctophobia
The Sand Men, by Christopher Fowler- Amazon Sales Rank: #597616 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Born in Greenwich, London, Christopher Fowler is the multi-award winning author of the lauded Bryant & May Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery novels. His Solaris novels include Hell Train in 2012, Plastic in 2013, and Nyctophobia in 2014. He is a regular columnist for both The Independent on Sunday and The Financial Times.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Homage to J.G. Ballard and more By Jack M. Haringa For the first 250 pages, Christopher Fowler's The Sand Men is the best J.G. Ballard novel that J.G. Ballard didn't write. It fits neatly with the latter run of the late author's work, echoing themes and settings present in Cocaine Nights, Super-Cannes, and Kingdom Come: the dissociation of the ex-patriot, the isolating irreality of the mega-rich enclaves, the futility of noncomformity in gated communities, it's all here. This is a knowing homage that incorporates Ballard's distinctive style, melding it with Fowler's own to keep from being pure pastiche.But Fowler is also--perhaps primarily--a horror author, and the horrific inevitably asserts itself in his work. As with his previous novel, the exceptional Nyctophobia, Fowler treads a line of ambiguity. There might be something deeper and more far-reaching than the wealthy hands guiding the construction of the Dream World resort in Dubai. The protagonist's observations are called into question, not only by people who might have ulterior motives but also by her own self-examination, and we are offered rational and realistic explanations for events. Fowler uses all of this material to touch on many contemporary concerns, from the problematic nature of cultural imperialism to the exploitation of working classes in projects driven by globalized economics.As with most Ballard novels, Fowler's book is a slow burn, and there are significant events that happen "off screen," which might frustrate some readers. The plotting is deliberate and the descriptions careful, all of which leads to a rewarding read in the end.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The Sand Men By J. Hamby This is a slightly odd book. And it is funny because I've read a couple of novels recently that tackle the growing Middle East in terms of pushing a closed society into open excess and decadence. David Eggers wrote a similar type of setting; though a bit of a different book. There have also been a few others. And so far none have truly been able to juggle the mix of placing an outsider in a society trying to juggle becoming the playground for an open culture that wallows in wealthy consumption and a society that suddenly has that level of wealth but a culture that is deemed repressive and incredibly archaic.And this somehow just does not find the right plot and characters to utilize this setting. This type of juxtaposition that is just too large to just blend into the background. Instead there is an oddness to how the plot. the mystery, unfolds. Coincidence in the end seemed to be relied on too much for me, Draining the story of suspense and leaving me lacking any sense of true intrigue.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They Aren't After You By Sam Sattler Having lived the ex-pat life in a Muslim country or two (although only in the poorer, more politically chaotic ones), I was immediately drawn to the premise for Christopher Fowler’s The Sand Men. Fowler’s novel happens to be set in Dubai, one of the richest of the Arab countries - but what even the richest Muslim nations have in common with the poorest ones is a huge divide between the rich and the poor. It is almost as if the two groups live on different planets, and ex-pats thrown into the mix do not always handle themselves properly when exposed to such a glaring contrast.Lea and Roy Brook are in the financial struggle of their lives in London when Roy receives a job offer from a company building several luxury hotels in Dubai. Roy is out of work and the young family is simply hanging on for dear life, so Roy’s acceptance of the job offer is really a no-brainer. But after she has moved into the huge company-housing compound with Roy and their fifteen-year-old daughter, Lea begins to wonder about their decision.The ex-pat compound has developed a subculture of its own, one that is only remotely similar to anything that Lea has previously experienced. The ex-pat wives, although they are not forced to give up any of their rights, are almost eager to spend their days in mindless cooking classes, ladies groups, and puttering around the house while their husbands do the important work. These women may not be quite of the Stepford Wife variety, but they are most definitely the next best thing. Lea, a magazine writer in her old life, is not content to live that way for the two-year term of her husband’s work contract, and almost immediately, her attitude brings her to the attention of a handful of likeminded spirits – and a few sinister people who want to keep her from stirring up trouble.The Sand Men is one of those thrillers in which the good guys find it almost impossible to tell the difference between ally and enemy – and as players come and go, Fowler makes certain that his readers face the same dilemma. When a long series of very strange accidents begins to claim the lives of those Lea feels closest to, she senses that time is running out for her. She either has to figure out what is happening and stop it, or she has to run for her life. But whom can she trust?As Joseph Heller put it in Catch-22, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”The Sand Men provides quite a thriller ride for those able to reach the proper level of suspended disbelief. If you’re willing to go there, this one might be for you.
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