Name: Kevin Bertolero's review of The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker
Item: The Deadly Space Between
Rating: 5
Author: Kevin Bertolero

Patricia Duncker

A solitary boy in a family of independent, unconventional women, Toby Hawk lives in a small, closed world that consists of school and surfing the Internet. His mother, Isobel, a painter on the brink of commercial success, is only fifteen years his senior and the two share an unusually intimate bond. But everything changes when Isobel takes up with Roehm, a fascinating and enigmatic scientist. As he begins his slow dance of courtship and seduction, alienating mother from son, their world becomes unstable and duplicitous. Toby turns to the Web for clues about his mother’s hauntingly irresistible, predatory lover -- and the answers he finds transform his life. An eerie psychological ghost story with echoes of Faust, Freud, and Frankenstein, The Deadly Space Between is a disturbing tale of Oedipal passions -- a rich and dark exploration of sexual ambiguity and longing.

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The Deadly Space Between

Kevin Bertolero

There are only two words that I can use to describe this book... FUCKED UP. It was beautifully written, disturbing in its content, and I honestly could not put this down. I read this is two sittings (only because I had to go to class), and I know already that this story will be with me for awhile. I have definitely found another book I can add to my list of favorites.

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