The Domino Men

Name: The Domino Men
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonathan Barnes
ISBN: 9781440708527

Author: Jonathan Barnes

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/20/2009

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Jonathan Barnes, a shining new talent in the UK, intrigues listeners with his "wonderfully original concoction[s] of grotesque humour and sparkling prose" (Guardian)-providing a literary "cabinet stuffed with curiosities" (Observer). In The Domino Men, an ordinary office-working Brit discovers that he may be destined to wipe out the wicked House of Windsor. "... as sublime as it is ridiculous."-Entertainment Weekly

About Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes taught at Oxford for twenty-five years, being a Fellow first of Oriel and then of Balliol. He then spent eight years at the University of Geneva, before becoming professor of ancient philosophy at the Sorbonne. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many publications include The Ontological Argument; Aristotle's Posterior Analytics; Aristotle; The Complete Works of Aristotle; Truth, etc.; Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I; with J. Annas, The Modes of Scepticism; Early Greek Philosophy; The Toils of Scepticism; The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle; and Porphyry: Introduction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke on May 06, 2009

The Domino Men is the follow-up to Jonathan Barnes' The Somnambulist, which was a steampunky, crazy romp that involved dead poets and milk-drinking giants. The Domino Men is a completely different style; it's an urban fantasy set in present-day London, and while it still has wacky elements and ties......more

Goodreads review by Jake on January 27, 2012

GAAAAHHH. I wanted to like this so badly, but it's kinda hard to like a story that is 95% teaser capped by one of the worst endings I've ever managed to "What the FUCK?!" my way through. Barnes is a damn good writer when it comes to creepy imagery and turns of phrase. And for the first 80 pages or so......more

Goodreads review by Tintendrache on October 20, 2024

Eh, ungefähr das, was ich nach den ersten paar Seiten erwartet habe. Ließ sich flüssig lesen, war unterhaltsam und ein bisschen unmodern. Der Plottwist am Ende war ... na ja. Ungefähr das, was ich von einem weißen, britischen Mann als Plottwist erwartet habe :D? Etwas underwhelming. Und ich habe auch......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 02, 2009

A book I received under the auspices of Amazon Vine, The Domino Men is a fantasy/horror novel by Jonathan Barnes. There have been a spate of what some have labeled "The New Weird" in fantasy and horror in the last few years. Authors like Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, and M John Harrison are the ma......more

Goodreads review by Jake on February 01, 2010

Jonathan Barnes second novel is a delightful melange of Douglas Adams and HP Lovecraft; or perhaps a decidedly British parallel of Tim Powers at his most whimsical. The mysterious opening scene hooks you fast and the Barnes reels you into the bizarre world with great characters and gruesomely clever......more