The Electric eBook Andrew David Barker
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'The Electric was a terrific read. Absorbing, resonant, emotionally satisfying and quite magical' - Stephen Volk
'Eloquent, shimmering writing unfurls a haunting story of childhood, grief and obsession' – Simon Clark
'I adored every line. I can’t recommend it highly enough... Book of the Year!' - The Eloquent Page
‘The Electric is an impressive first novel. Andrew David Barker’s style is whimsical and nostalgic, and the work reads like the haziest recollections of a childhood long since gone.’
- Starburst Magazine
‘The Electric is more than a book – just as its namesake is more than a cinema – it’s an experience to dive into and wallow in. It’s a link to the past and a way to think about what’s really important about life. Its heart beats beautiful pulses of nostalgia and grief, but it is full of affirmation too the joy of discovery; the value of insight; the depths of friendship, love and family ties, and the powerful cement of a shared experience.’
- Geek Syndicate
In the summer of 1985, fifteen-year-old Sam Crowhurst discovers an old abandoned cinema that screens movies made by ghosts, for ghosts.
Sam, along with his friends, Emma and David, find themselves drawn into a world where the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Lon Chaney and Theda Bara are still making pictures; where Harold Lloyd and John Belushi team up for roustabout comedies, and Karloff and Lugosi appear in films scripted by Edgar Allan Poe. Sam comes to learn the mysteries of the Electric cinema and his part to play in its long and strange history.
THE ELECTRIC is about movies, ghosts, and that ephemeral moment in all of our lives, childhood.
The Electric eBook Andrew David Barker
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The Electric eBook Andrew David Barker Reviews
Earlier this year I met up with Alex Davis, the publisher and editor of Boo Books, at a comic fair in Sheffield. During our chat he mentioned a book that was going to be published by his press in the near future, which was about a cinema showing films for ghosts made by ghosts. I must say I was intrigued by the premise and looked forward to the day I could get my hands on a copy. That day came last Saturday, and believe me when I say it was worth the wait. The story plays out over the last week/weekend of the school summer holidays in 1985, and starts with the lead character Sam Crowhurst cycling by the river after saying goodbye to his friends David and Emma. Sam is still getting over the death of his father, as is his mother, which is why he is in no rush to get home. While meandering by the river Sam comes across an old shack with a bit of an old movie poster in it. The shack leads to a path which leads inevitably, to The Electric, an abandoned cinema. Though it is deserted and nigh on derelict Sam feels drawn to it and sets off to explore. What he, and his friends when he fetches them to see it the next day, will find at The Electric will change them all. I can't say too much about the plot as it may well spoil the reading experience of this quite wonderful book, but the general gist is that there are ghosts in The Electric and they are watching films that were never made, starring actors from different eras of cinema. There is a magic on the screen but also, there is a magic here in the printed word. The Electric is, at heart, a ghost story, but more chilling than horror in style. It is also, though, a coming of age tale. The three lead characters are all fifteen years old, approaching the last year of school and on the threshold between childhood and adulthood. Two of them have lost a parent so their is grief and sorrow thrown into the mix of teenage emotions. I thought I had the general idea of where the story was going to end up but I'm not ashamed to say I was only partly right. There were two scenes at the end that. I honestly believe will stay with me for a very long time, and one sentence that actually brought tears to my eyes. On this showing, Andrew David Barker is one to watch for the future, an author with a writing style that draws you into the book and into the story knowing you are in safe hands but not sure what will be round the next corner. The book reviewed is a limited edition hardback (98/150) but is also available as a kindle edition. I bought the copy myself so feel justified in giving it 10/10 for both the story and the physical book itself. Andrew David Barker and Boo Books (Alex Davis) - remember those names, you'll be hearing more from both of them in the future.
Andrew David Barker’s novel The Electric isn’t really a horror story. It has ghosts, to be sure, but if you’re looking for creepy, chilling frights, look elsewhere…but only after you’ve read The Electric. This is an extraordinary book, a beautiful tale of loss, of teenage alienation and filmmaking and what it means to not just create art, but to want to create art. An urge that sets the drawing hand to shaking and lights the imagination on fire.
As enjoyable as it is, The Electric doesn’t lack flaws. Awkward phrasing and run-on sentences created some stumbling blocks; at times, I found myself having to re-read certain passages to divine their meaning. My other concern was the complete lack of an antagonist. Whenever one threatens to thwart protagonist Sam Crowhurst, it fades away quickly as a non-event. This presented a feeling of safety in the text, an assurance of inevitability that everything would indeed play out as required, and hence eliminated the necessary dramatic element of tension.
Despite this, the novel is a book to be drawn into, one that keeps you turning the pages. The love triangle of Emma, Sam, and David was realistically drawn with the ins and outs of young teenage infatuation. Sam’s loss of his father and subsequent alienation from his mother in the wake of terrible grief also strikes home, very keenly. These are real people, all of them, including Mean Stare Mandrake.
Barker’s love of celluloid animates the text, giving what might have been a ho-hum haunting element true depth and character. His knowledge of Bogie’s films, of Jean Harlow and Peter Lorre and other classic film greats is breathtaking in that he doesn’t just describe how they were, but shows you what they might be and do and think after they’ve gone.
Emotional without being maudlin, The Electric gives us glimpses of the world beyond death, and some of death’s landscape is quite disturbing. Some spirits rest and some don’t, and the ones who don’t might show up in a dilapidated cinema one day. If you’re not lucky enough to stumble upon one in your daily travels, read The Electric instead. You’ll be glad you did.
(Review originally published at Ginger Nuts of Horror http//gingernutsofhorror.com/4/post/2015/10/the-electric-by-andrew-david-barker.html)
A brief post about a book I wish I had the time to write more about, The Electric by Andrew David Barker. I picked up a copy of this at last year's Edgelit, after many people had recommend it to me. And I can see why - The Electric is a wonderfully written supernatural coming of age story, about a group of three teenagers who find a strange, abandoned cinema near their home town. But despite being long shutdown, there still seem to be films shown at The Electric, and to a very niche audience...
The book genuinely captures the feeling of being a teenager, on the cusp of adulthood, and all that that entails. In tone, this is similar to Stephen King's The Body or the work of Ray Bradbury. The author's love of cinema really comes across as well, although you don't need to be a film buff to thoroughly enjoy a book as good as this. The only minor irritant I had with it was that sometimes the scares associated with the supernatural elements of the plot seemed a bit nebulous, but this is one of those stories that isn't really about the ghosts anyway but about growing up, friendship and the pain of nostalgia.
And, like all the best movies, it's a bit of a tear-jerker as well. Recommended.
Oh, I love a good ghost story, and this one certainly delivered!
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