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Original Title:	The Insult
ISBN:	0747574626 (ISBN13: 9780747574620)
Edition Language:	English

The Insult Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

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It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car a shot rings out... When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must expect to experience shock, depression, self-pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. And one spring evening, while Martin is practicing in the clinic gardens with his new white cane, something miraculous happens.

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Title	:	The Insult
Author	:	Rupert Thomson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published January 1st 1996)
Categories	:	Fiction. Thriller. Mystery

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I bought this book due to a recommendation in a book store, and what I personally found to be a very enticing, and intriguing synopsis. I found it enjoyable, but a little frustrating. I can totally understand why there are so many conflicting views on this book. Part one is so well written it continues to make you turn the pages, even with what appears to be a lack of substantial storyline. Once the narration changes in part two this is where at times, you have to have a little patience to



This book was VERY interesting...I read it before I started working in the eyecare field, and thought it was fascinating. Reading it AFTER I got into this field gave it a whole new depth. Loved it.

I stumbled across this little psychological thriller at a thrift store. Something moved me to pick it up, and I'm glad I did; although it seems to take a kind of drastic curve toward the last third of the book, I urge you to stick with it. It's fascinating. The narrator is a man who has been blinded by a stray bullet lodging in his brain, damaging his occipital cortex. Because of this, his eyes still perceive light, but his brain is no longer able to form an image of the outside world. However,

The premise is intriguing :Martin Blom is shot in the head in an act of random violence and consequently goes blind. His doctor insists that he is in denial and suffering from Antons Syndrome whereas Blom sees (?!?) perfectly well at night. He doesnt feel suicidal, not even depressed, in fact he is brimming with optimism and cant wait to start life afresh from the moment of his attack.He breaks off his relationship with his fiancée, cuts off all communication with his parents and friends and

Possibly my favourite book in the world.

This is one of the strangest books I have read in a while. It starts off with the main character getting shot in the head at very close range and subsequently becoming blind. It is never explained who did the shooting or why. The story then really begins with his rehabilitation and the life he leads as a blind man. He is medically, certifiably blind but he can see at night, or can he? It just gets weirder and weirder the further you go down the rabbit hole with him.Totally engrossing, fully