Lights Out: Lights Out: A Novel

by Peter Abrahams

Book Overview

Eighteen-year-old Eddie Nye was bound for U.S.C. and a bright future that fateful summer in the Bahamas. But somebody set Eddie up. Instead of four years of higher education, he did fifteen behind... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345445783
• ISBN13: 9780345445780
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Ballantine Group
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A well-told story that reveals all in its own time

This is a very well-paced story, with facts and flashbacks slowly being placed on the scales of judgement until what was once intuition becomes fact. Peter Abrahams is a masterful storyteller, who can really deliver the goods; his characterizations are rich, and he has a sense of humor that is a bit raw (and I'm thinking of the Gaucho here). I'm looking forward to my next P.A. book.

Fascinating Read

This was an interesting and fascinating book. This guy is a very good writer, and weaves a great story while bobbing back and forth in time. Would definitely recommend.

Nice, tight and fast read

I had never heard of Peter Abrahams until I saw his name mentioned four times in the recommended authors section of the Stephen King book "On Writing". Since then I have become a fan."Lights Out" is typical of Abrahams' free flowing easy to read style and the length of this book, and infact most of his books, allow for a good 5 to 6 hour read.The juxtaposition of past and present in this novel is handled immaculately and the ending, although surprising, isn't so difficult to rationalize.The character of Eddie Nye is well created, gets the reader's sympathy, and I could imagine a movie of this book with the lead being played by one of our better young actors. I hope that will happen.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am eagerly looking forward to "The Tutor".

The best book I read so far!!!

Lights out is a very suspensive book, inetersting, you won't get bored with it, very well written, simply the best!

STRONG EFFORT

Mr. Abrahams can write! Lights Out is a well written and engrossing read. However, the ending was so depressing that I'm not sure I will be able to read another of his novels. He is the master of sympathetic tragic character