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An Englishman's Guide to Infidelity: Love, betrayal and genteel crime Kindle Edition

by Stuart Campbell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.6 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
Jack, the owner of a failing bookshop in a picture-postcard country town near London, is embezzling from a client. Thea is a philosophy lecturer with a taste for pinching cash. There's something amiss with their marriage, but an occasional spot of larceny provides the frisson to keep it going, as well as the funds for the kids' school fees. But things start to go badly wrong when an old lover turns up demanding a slice of the action. Could you live with a would-be murderer? This is the question for Thea and Jack in this fast-moving psychological drama with an undercurrent of black comedy.
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    December 17, 2014
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"A riveting psychological bender."

Pamela Crane, USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

About the Author

Stuart Campbell is a former university Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Linguistics. Nowadays he writes quirky novels about love, betrayal and redemption. Stuart was born in London but has lived in Sydney for many years.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00R63GXW8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stuart Campbell
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 17, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.6 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 243 pages
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    3.6 out of 5 stars 87 ratings

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Stuart Campbell began writing fiction in the eighties, but was diverted by the need to earn a living; those early literary efforts lie - thankfully - deep in landfill somewhere near London. After exiting the world of academia he restarted his affair with writing fiction in 2011.

Stuart was formerly a Professor of Linguistics and a Pro Vice Chancellor at Western Sydney University. He has published numerous books, chapters and research articles in the areas of translation studies and Arabic linguistics. Stuart holds the title of Emeritus Professor.

Born in London, Stuart has lived in Sydney since the seventies.

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Customers find the book entertaining, with one describing it as a riveting whodunit. Moreover, the writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting the beautifully scripted dialogue between characters. Additionally, customers appreciate the humor in the book.

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Customers find the book engaging, with one describing it as a riveting whodunit and another noting its cleverly constructed plot.

"...The plot was cleverly constructed and the reader is drip fed more and more information to put the whole picture together...." Read more

"...A riveting whodunit, told from three perspectives, Campbell has won me over once again with his intrigue and dark humour and beautifully wrought..." Read more

"...Murders? Or accidents? It depends on who’s talking. An intriguing riddle that keeps you rooting first for one, then another, and yet another...." Read more

"An intriguing, entertaining read. I've nothing to add to all the other reviews which give this book 4 or 5 stars." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, with one customer noting the beautifully scripted dialogue between characters.

"...The dialogue between the characters was often beautifully scripted...." Read more

"...The language is flowing and paints great pictures...." Read more

"Another fabulous, cleverly-written novel by Stuart Campbell...." Read more

"...It sort of reminded me of "Gone Girl." The writing is brilliant in both books, but this story is so much better and more satisfying than..." Read more

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"...Campbell has won me over once again with his intrigue and dark humour and beautifully wrought descriptions of quirky characters, an English..." Read more

"...The book is a page turner, but it is Campbell’s realistically, funny portrait of a man struggling to do the right thing by his wife and family which..." Read more

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  • Ion
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book was recommended to me by a friend
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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    This book was recommended to me by a friend. I'm not an avid reader of fiction but thought I'd take this one on. From the start, I was engrossed and found it to be one of those "can't put it down" books. I put aside my morning swim routine for a couple of days to keep up with the action in the book!
    There are twists and turns and occasional laughs. The dialogue between the characters was often beautifully scripted. One encounter towards the end of the book between Fiona and Thea, two women sizing each other up, was nothing short of brilliant.
    The plot was cleverly constructed and the reader is drip fed more and more information to put the whole picture together.
    All in all, a great read.
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  • E. I. HOOD
    4.0 out of 5 stars KARMA
    Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2016
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    If I were an English teacher recording a letter grade for an essay, this book would be a B+. The language is flowing and paints great pictures.

    The problem for me as the reader of a story is that I did not,at first, appreciate the pictures being drawn. I found myself not being able to empathize with two of the three main characters. Judgment often gets in the way of understanding. When I removed the "beam" in my eye I could better appreciate the "mote"s in theirs. That's when I started to value this author and his book.

    The characters all have secrets (some of which are shared directly and some discerned by others indirectly.) Those with secrets sometimes do not want to know others secrets . To quote the book "We didn’t speak explicitly about what had changed that evening, although when we talked months later about it we each had our own metaphors. “I felt like we were stunt actors shattering a glass door,” I said. Thea said, “For me it was as if we were bungy jumping”. Hmm, perhaps. On reflection I think we invented those metaphors, but we both knew that we'd crossed into an unfamiliar land."

    In my opinion, this is not a "take to the beach" read. I could not skim the story or I missed out on clues I would need later on. I am very glad I invested my time with this story and author. The book does not have a "and they lived happily ever after" ending but left me thinking and hoping for the future.
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  • Barbara Tsipouras
    3.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining grotesque farce
    Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016
    This is an entertaining grotesque farce about I couple who find themselves involved in crimes too absurd to be real, doubting their ethics and moral, telling lies that unevitably lead to more lies.
    Three different POVs, three distinct voices, one too sofisticated, one not fitting the character and only the third relatable in some way.

    I want to thank Booklover Catlady Publicity and the author for the free copy in exchange for my honest review.
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  • Helena Ameisen
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fast paced descent from middle-class mediocrity into criminality and so much more.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016
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    Another fabulous, cleverly-written novel by Stuart Campbell. I was engaged from start to finish, relishing the descent of ordinary people into the seamier side of life that slips beyond their control into unimagined complications and implications with surprising consequences. A riveting whodunit, told from three perspectives, Campbell has won me over once again with his intrigue and dark humour and beautifully wrought descriptions of quirky characters, an English university town....and ah, that dress...."the muted sheen of the fabric, the harmony of magenta and charcoal grey, the way it hugged her body like a slinky second skin..."..."making love with the passion of twenty year olds and the knowledge of forty year olds."
    There's something to delight everyone in this fast paced novel. I highly recommend it. Can't wait to see what he puts out next !
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  • LOL
    5.0 out of 5 stars What’s inside the human heart?
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2016
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    LOVED this book. It's my humble opinion the author has a best seller here. It sort of reminded me of "Gone Girl." The writing is brilliant in both books, but this story is so much better and more satisfying than the pointless mishmash that is "Gone Girl."

    A fascinating tale I couldn’t put down. Told from three very unique points of view. Two deaths. Murders? Or accidents? It depends on who’s talking. An intriguing riddle that keeps you rooting first for one, then another, and yet another. Others have summarized, so I won’t do so here. I highly recommend this wonderfully entertaining puzzle.
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  • Pamandpete
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016
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    An intriguing, entertaining read. I've nothing to add to all the other reviews which give this book 4 or 5 stars.
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  • Ann Massey (Perth, Australia)
    5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Absorbing
    Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
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    "An Englishman’s Guide to Infidelity" is a clever, witty novel about a foolhardy middleclass couple struggling to keep their heads above water who take a step into the dark side of life. The book is a page turner, but it is Campbell’s realistically, funny portrait of a man struggling to do the right thing by his wife and family which touched me. I haven’t read a better novel about the cloistered world of a university town since Tom Sharpe’s "Porterhouse Blue".
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  • KJD
    5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully crafted, off-key story of murder, mystery, misunderstanding and misdirection.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2016
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    Told in first person by the three leading characters—Jack, the husband, Thea, the wife, and Fiona, the possibly deranged cop—this is a tour de force by Mr Campbell.

    The married couple is well realised, believable, and described with all their faults and insecurities, but neither is completely likeable. Jack is weak and Thea is cold, and both have guilty secrets to hide from the authorities and from each other. I had a slight problem with the motivation of the detective, Fiona, which seems extremely suspect at first. By the end of the story, though, Mr Campbell explained her rather strange behaviour to my satisfaction. In fact, the whole story arc is extremely well handled, and, I can see this working well as a three-handed play.

    By necessity, the minor characters are less well defined, but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment. They did what they needed to do by acting as antagonists and moving the story along rather well.

    I have only one extremely minor gripe. One scene—the one with the golf clubs (no spoilers)—came as a complete surprise and should have left me shocked, shattered, and angry. Unfortunately, it didn’t, which probably had something to do with matter-of-fact way the victim reacted to it left me somewhat underwhelmed and a little disappointed. More should have been made of the outcome and the payback. In fact, I wanted more of this part of the story, but Mr Campbell preferred to leave us hanging. As I said, it is a minor gripe, but enough to cost the novel half a star on my arbitrary and rather harsh rating scale.

    All that being said, I have no hesitation to recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys well-written, well-constructed, off-key, and darkly humorous stories. Nice work, Mr Campbell. Nice work indeed.
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  • John Cowan
    4.0 out of 5 stars A quirky, intriguing, but very good reading
    Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2016
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    This book is unusual, and it took me a couple of chapters to get into it. But once I did I was absorbed. The story is unusual but fascinating, and a very good read. I recommend it.
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  • Johnp
    5.0 out of 5 stars Plain and simple: I liked it!
    Reviewed in Canada on September 18, 2016
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    I rarely write a review but I felt this deserved a review. It is different, intriguing, amusing, serious. I was never sure how it was going to end. I really enjoyed it and look forward to other offerings by this author.
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  • Moonboy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Forty Apple Trees....the place to be!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2016
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    I find it refreshing to read a book from a different genre to the one that I am used to. The language and expressions are different, the writer's mind is working differently. Personally, I find it blows the cobwebs away from long-dormant corners of my mind.
    To begin with, I wasn't impressed with the characters. They seemed smug, overprivileged, vain and selfish, cocooned in their twee world of self-satisfaction. But I persevered, and was rewarded. They started to grow on me, and within themselves, and I began to appreciate their creator's dry wit in the background. Sometimes I stopped to go back and read a sentence again and, sure enough, I had missed a throwaway line that was delivered in a matter-of-fact, almost deadpan manner, which on closer scrutiny was absolutely hilarious. So I slowed my reading speed right down. And this is the way I became used to this author's style; first tongue-in-cheek, then laugh- out-loud. Sometimes subtle, sometimes over the top. The narration of a completely fantastical chain of events, so enjoyable that it didn't matter if sometimes they were highly improbable. The reader wanted to believe that they could happen, so they became real enough. It was then that I entered the world of these characters and truly began to enjoy myself, because I began to care more about them, their myriad weaknesses gradually becoming endearing rather than off-putting.
    This is Fiona;
    "A keen breeze ruffled the apple trees, bringing a distant whiff of something rural and sour. I slid a few inches along the bench to find some sun. I asked for a glass of water."
    And this is Jack;
    "Do come in," the man said without hesitation. He was thin, shaven headed, and wearing a dressing gown. "Actually I think I've got the wrong house," I said. "I think I want next door." "Nonsense, Francis. Uncle Clive particularly wants to see you," the man said, leaning forward and clamping my elbow with a clammy hand. I could smell a nasty whiff of unwashed genitals from within the gown......"
    I have to say my Kindle almost slipped from my hands as I fell about laughing.
    Soon after the middle of the book the tone becomes much more that of a detective novel, and there was less humour, apart from instances such as when Thea refuses to allow Francis to use her loo and he has to go outside to his van and relieve himself into an orange squash bottle, which makes his van smell like a urinal on wheels.
    The plot is well crafted, with only the occasional leap of faith required of the reader. Many intriguing but largely believable characters inhabit these pages, of whom some appear, only to entirely disappear. The author also displays an extremely keen eye for detail, which I greatly admired. There are some good mysteries at the heart of the book that draw the reader forward. Tantalising questions are posed about whether or not murder has taken place, and there are some fine studies in the effects of stress on human behaviour. The three separate viewpoints are very interesting and work very well to provide a compelling narrative.
    Handled by the right publisher, this deserves to become a bestseller. And, sadly, that is the case with the work of so many indie authors who languish in hope.
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  • Margaret
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Page Turner
    Reviewed in Australia on April 7, 2015
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    A page turner with complex characters and a slowly unfolding plot. It kept me intrigued to the end.
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