Indigo

by Graham Joyce

Book Overview

In his first novel of literary suspense, award-winning author Joyce explores the far reaches of human passions and madness. Indigo is a thriller which finds believing is not always seeing. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671039377
• ISBN13: 9780671039370
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Book, From Beginning to End

This was my introduction into the world of Graham Joyce. I bought this book on a whim many years ago. I read it in one day and quickly ordered all of his other books that same day. Indigo is one of those books that you either love or hate. However, I really wonder about those who hate this gem of a novel. Original plot and idea, characters that you don't care for too much but they are REAL and an ending that I still wonder about today. Not too many books give me nightmares, but this one did. Strangely enough, if I have nightmares from a horror/psychological thriller book I have just read, then it is a great book.

Breaking News from UK - British Fantasy Award Winner

This book just won the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel of the year. This is Graham Joyce's fourth best novel award, and Indigo is probably his most challenging and probably his best. Only read it if you can stand having your mind bent a little. It's absolutely breathtaking!

Awesome

I'm a big fan of this guy you never know what he will come up with next. All his books are different. With this one you have to keep your wits about you or you will miss something. Also the language is thrilling. I don't know if the seeing exercises are for real but this had me looking at a newly -washed world! I can't wait to what he comes up with next.

Won't go away!

This book won't leave me alone! I finished it three weeks ago and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a mind-blower!

Great Surreal thriller

Chicago lawyer Harvey Michaelson calls Londoner Jack Chambers with the news that the Englishman's father Tim died. Jack has not seen his father in over twenty years and they only met a few times since Tim deserted Jack and his mother. Jack learns that he is the executor of his father's estate. Louise Durrell, an American half-sister, will gain some of the inheritance, but the bulk goes to an unknown person Natalie Shearer.Jack flies to Chicago to understand the specific terms of the will. The major item for Jack to deal with in order to earn a sizable fee as the executor is publishing 200,000 copies of his father's manuscript, "Invisibility: A Manual of Light. The book is a text on the art of vanishing by seeing the color or non-color (if one chooses to be scientific) of INDIGO. Jack meets Louise for the first time in over two decades and to his chagrin finds himself attracted to her. They travel to Italy to find Natalie, who is reported living there. Jack soon finds himself embroiled in a mystery involving two apparent disappearances linked to his father. He also begins to enjoy the effects of INDIGO and defies the taboo of falling in love with his half-sister.INDIGO is a weird, but intoxicating thriller that will leave readers wondering how much talent does Graham Joyce possess? The story line centers on the impact of INDIGO on the individual and their relationships, most of which fail. Jack is a cleverly drawn character whose motives ring genuine. Through character discussions the inner core of Tim is revealed. Not for those who want Action with a capital "A", INDIGO is a mind-bending journey into a surrealistic world. Harriet Klausner