The Fogging, Luke Horton
The Fogging, Luke Horton
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The Fogging

Author: Luke Horton

Narrator: Todd Boyce

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2020


Synopsis

Tom and Clara are two struggling academics in their mid-thirties, who decide to take their first holiday in ten years. On the flight over to Indonesia, Tom experiences a debilitating panic attack, which he keeps hidden from Clara. At the resort, they meet Madeleine, a charismatic French woman, her Australian partner, Jeremy, and five-year-old son, Ollie, and the two couples strike up an easy friendship. The holiday starts to look up, even to Tom, who is struggling to get out of his own head. But when Clara and Madeleine become trapped in the maze-like grounds of the hotel during 'the fogging' - a routine spraying of pesticide - the dynamics suddenly shift between Tom and Clara, and the atmosphere of the holiday darkens.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jules

Don’t know about this one. Lots of people, (including authors of books I love) seem to be big fans but I think I’ve missed something. I got offside with the protagonist pretty early on when he described his partner’s appearance, which can basically be summarized as “kind of ugly, but fuckable” and t......more

Goodreads review by Michael

A smart and insightful look at a relationship that's quietly crumbling over a week or so in Bali. The writing is smooth and entertaining, and the deeply flawed main character is painfully well drawn. A really great debut.......more

Luke Horton’s debut novel is restrained, perceptive, slippery, tender. The Fogging astutely charts the solipsistic emotional terrain of a fracturing relationship. It is an unsettling and subtle and ultimately devastating reading experience.......more

Goodreads review by Zora

A depressing, compulsive read about the crumbling relationship of two thirty something precarious academics on holiday in Bali. Told from the perspective of Tom, an anxiety-ridden, self-involved, hypersensitive, insensitive and utterly convincing character, The Fogging made me squirm with recognitio......more