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Long Room
Long Room | Francesca Kay
11 posts | 6 read | 3 reading | 7 to read
London. December 1981. The IRA is on the attack, a cold war is being waged, another war is just over the horizon, and Stephen Donaldson spends his days listening. When he first joined the Institute, he expected to encounter glamorous, high-risk espionage. Instead he gets the tape-recorded conversations of ancient Communists and ineffectual revolutionaries--until the day he is assigned a new case: the ultra-secret PHOENIX, a suspected internal leak. The monotony of Stephen s routine is broken, but it s not PHOENIX who captures his imagination; it s the target s wife, Helen. Beset by isolation and loneliness, Stephen becomes dangerously obsessed with Helen, risking his job to keep his fragile connection to her and inadvertently setting himself up for a fall that will forever change his life. With compassion and tenderness and moments of unexpected humor, Francesca Kay charts the way in which imagination, projection, and desire overwhelm the paucity of Stephen s life and identity. As beautiful as it is intense, The Long Room explores a mind under pressure and the wilder cravings of the heart."
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TrishB
TrishB
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Bailedbailed

100 pages in, still don‘t really know what it‘s about and really don‘t care yet about any of the characters.
I may come back to this as I loved the other one I read from this author. But I want something I can be fully engaged with!

Melissa_J Bailing on books is so liberating, isn‘t it? How is your holiday going? 6y
TrishB @Melissa_J it‘s very liberating 😁 I‘m so relaxed at the moment I‘ve realised how knackered and stressed I was! Hope you‘re having fun 💕 6y
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TrishB
TrishB
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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#currentread
Started this one last night 😁
Also, in a first for me, reading one on audible each night in the hot tub - my daughter does audible and suggested we listen each night!

Cathythoughts That‘s an interesting new one ! Will be interested to see how you like the audio 👍🏻 6y
Cinfhen #audiohottubbing 🙌🏻💟 6y
RadicalReader @TrishB not my typical genre but looking forward to giving it a try. The best part about books is that when you don‘t like them that‘s the worst that can happen is that you don‘t like them and you return them because they piqued your curiosity enough be interested and check out either a physical copy or digital copy but not enough for a purchase 6y
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TrishB @Cathythoughts have to remind myself to pay attention! Also they read slower then me! 6y
TrishB @Cinfhen to be honest it‘s been a cold tub the last couple of nights!! 😁 6y
TrishB @RadicalReader exactly! Don‘t know until you try! 6y
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ingredientx
ingredientx
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Elvis can not handle how good this book is #uhhuh

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Tin_House
Tin_House
Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Pssst...THE LONG ROOM pubs today!

"A brilliant spy novel charged with existential dread." --Publishers Weekly

"The grace of Kay's voice is hypnotizing, and there are moments when her empathy for Stephen makes them seem barely divisible." --New York Times Book Review

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ingredientx
ingredientx
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Ginsburg can't wait to read this! (Either can I) #catsoflitsy #tinhousebooks

valeriegeary Is it just me or do they have similar profiles? 😁 8y
Bookzombie 💕🐱 8y
CherylDeFranceschi 💕😻 8y
ingredientx @valeriegeary they do! 😂😻 8y
Bette 🐱❤️ 8y
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Kempfme
Kempfme
Long Room | Francesca Kay
Mehso-so

I got this Arc from #netgalley for an honest review. I was expecting more than a man's delusion of being in love with one of his companies suspect's wife.

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bostonbibliophile
bostonbibliophile
Long Room | Francesca Kay
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just started... so far so good

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OliviaCroom
OliviaCroom
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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I love book mail! Especially from @Tin_House.

valeriegeary Nice book face! 8y
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NerdyRev
NerdyRev
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Pickpick

Finishing this today with about 20pgs to go. I love @Tin_House This one delivers with a question of what is reality? A listener must listen to a couple, but he only gets the first half of the day. As he starts to fall in love with the woman in the relationship, the listener starts breaking the rules- such as trying to meet the subject. It is obsession, desire, and creating and then re-creating reality. At times a bit tedious, but exciting!

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NerdyRev
NerdyRev
The Long Room | Francesca Kay
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This is book 2 of 2 this week, courtesy of my favorite publisher @Tin_House. A listener becomes obsessed with one of his assignments to the point of putting himself at risk. I just started, but it is pretty good so far. I had to import a few Francesca Kay novels a month or so ago, so I look forward to this one.

SusanInTiburon Wow, sounds so good! 8y
MrBook Sounds intriguing! Thank you for sharing 😊👍🏻! 8y
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RachelSchwartz
RachelSchwartz
Long Room | Francesca Kay
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Mehso-so

This book promised "a tale of love, loneliness, and espionage" but ultimately left me wanting more of all three. The biggest thrill came from reading my first advanced reader's copy (thanks for the borrow @todd and @Litsy !) and not from the story itself.

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