How good is Adam Roberts? If good writing is in one sense about embodying perceptions-about capturing in careful prose the little inspirations that make up how a writer sees the world-then Adam Roberts is a very good writer indeed. And here, from his new and remarkable novel, The Thing Itself: "They lay side by side, layered over by the barcode shadows of her venetian blind" (p. "This narrative, which I hereby doctorwatson for your benefit, o reader, concerns the greatest mystery of our time" ( Jack Glass , p. Dark as any grey was ever dark" ( BĂȘte , p. Cords of water, thick as stethoscope rubber. "The rain fell with a clatter that was smoothed by persistence into something more rhythmically melodic, a large scale hushing or shushing. "he hotel, and its many balconies, looked like a chest with all its drawers pulled out" ( By Light Alone , p. "itter rustled and moved over the entrance-hall floor like paper wildlife" ( Yellow Blue Tibia , p. How good is Adam Roberts? Here are some phrases from his novels: "He moved with the burly energy of the moneyed" ( Swiftly , p.
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