The Gargoyle
Submitted by Reader Suggested on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 02:23
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I wasn't quite sure what to expect from "The Gargoyle" but it came highly recommended. When I began my search for the book it spanned three genres; thriller,romance and fiction. Once I started reading the novel I couldn't put it down. The story is relayed to us from the narrators point of view and interestingly this adds to the mystery. What we do know is that the narrator is a burn victim and we the audience learn what a burn victim endures when recovering. This is the most graphic part of the book (not excessively) but as you read the story you realize that this description of the "monster" he had became is an integral part of the story. Andrew Davidson masterfully keeps the reader engaged with twists and turns that are quite unexpected and leaves you wanting more. It is a powerful story of the human condition, a timeless romance that reads like a mystery with history and present day intwined so intricately and in such a surprising way that you the reader find yourself actually wanting to believe that the story is true.
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The nameless and beautiful narrator of The Gargoyle is driving along a dark road when he is dazzled by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and wakes up in a burn ward, undergoing the tortures of the damned. He is now a monster. His life is over. But it is only just the beginning; one day, Marianne Engel, a bewitching sculpteress of gargoyles, walks into his room and reveals that the were once lovers in medieval Germany. In her telling, he was a badly burned mercenary and she, a nun and a scribe, nursed him back to health in the famed monastery of Engelthal. As she spins her tale, Scheherazade-fashion, and relates equally mesmerising stories of deathless love in Japan, Iceland, Italy and England, he finds himself drawn back to life- and finally, to love. The Gargoyle is an extraordinary novel that will take you on a wild and original journey. It will have you believing in love, in miracles and in redemption.
