This Story Is a Lie, Tom Pollock
This Story Is a Lie, Tom Pollock
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This Story Is a Lie

Author: Tom Pollock

Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/07/2018


Synopsis

A YA thriller described as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time meets John le Carre, about a teen math prodigy with an extreme anxiety disorder who finds himself caught in a web of lies and conspiracies after an assassination attempt on his mother. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a math genius. He also suffers from devastating panic attacks. Pete gets through each day with the help of his mother-a famous scientist-and his beloved twin sister, Bel. But when his mom is nearly assassinated in front of his eyes and Bel disappears, Pete finds himself on the run. Dragged into a world where state and family secrets intertwine, Pete must use his extraordinary analytical skills to find his missing sister and track down the people who attacked his mother. But his greatest battle will be with the enemy he's fought his entire life: the constant terror that threatens to overwhelm him. Weaving back and forth between Pete's past and present, the novel is a testimony from a protagonist who is brilliant, broken and trying to be brave.

About Tom Pollock

Tom Pollock is a graduate of Edinburgh University and the Sussex University Creative Writing Programme, and a member of the London-based writers' group The T-Party. He has lived everywhere from Scotland to Sumatra, but the peculiar magic of London has always drawn him back.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kai on December 01, 2018

"Sometimes an idea can be the best on offer andstillsuck enormous elephant balls." Yeah, and if you think you're gonna get away unscathed from reading this book, you better be warned that it will hurt like being punched in the face by equally enormous elephant balls. So there's that. As funny as this......more

Goodreads review by Whispering on January 11, 2019

Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com This is one of those books that is hard to write a snippet of because you don’t want to give anything away, but I’ll try. Our narrator is Seventeen-Year-Old Peter Blankman. Peter has anxiety issues, he’s a maths genius and constantly attacked by th......more

Goodreads review by Shaun on October 08, 2018

WTF did I just read? I'm not entirely sure, but I'm sure it was awesome. Twisty and mind-bending and utterly original.......more

Goodreads review by - ̗̀ DANY ̖́- on July 14, 2018

. : ☾⋆ — 4 ★ READ THIS REVIEW ON MY BLOG!!! [URL not allowed] ARC provided from the publisher via Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review (thank you Soho Teen and Random House!!) before picking this one up, keep in mind that the title of this book isn’t a lie, in spite of it being called This......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie on February 10, 2018

It is rare that I read a book so far ahead of publication nowadays. I try to read things as they come out, so they get promotion around their launch into the world. But sometimes, some books creep into my head. After hearing Tom Pollock read an excerpt of the first chapter at the Walker YA preview e......more