Electricity
Myke Bartlett
Read by Myke Bartlett
1999 - Aston Somerfield, casual smoker and part-time alcoholic, has come to London to find himself. He knows who he's looking for, he's seen him on the cover of the NME. Drawn across oceans by fame and fate, Aston is keeping his diary empty to make sure he's available. Won't commit to anything until it's everything.
London, however, has other ideas.
When a virtual stranger calls Aston a few hours before his death, fate catches up with him, derailing his barely-made plans. Amid a hundred boozy evenings and romantic deadends, a mystery unfurls.
Equally assisted and hindered by tremulous accountant Tom Hensley and dedicated loafer Steven Black, Aston uncovers a different London, one of murder, ghosts, dangerous emails and the second big bang.
As chaotic and random as the city it inhabits, Electricity gradually evolves into a mystery bigger than the universe itself. Being of a somewhat useless persuasion, Aston does his best to ignore it.
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Chapters
| Love, Wine and Mathematics | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| The Quiet Office | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| Ghosts | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| The Stowaway and the Ghost | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| The Same Deep Water As Me | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| Brighton Rocks | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| November Spawned A Monster | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| Proof | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| The Lazy Gene (Or "Charlotte Saves The World") | Read by Myke Bartlett | |
| Over My Dead Body | Read by Myke Bartlett |
Reviews
Electricity
Trevor Borthwick.
Reminded me of my late teens living in London moving from bed sit to bed sit. Young and carefree, bumming fags, dropping pills and drinking heavily. It was the sixties though. Myke Bartlett's narrative was easy going, sardonic and good on the ears. Brilliant. Can't wait to read/listen to his next.
By: Juuro
Myke Bartlett has a beautiful voice which fits his characters totally. The aimless pubcrawls and drab mundanea of the people is depicted well, worthy of being called literature. The thing with ghosts and high-energy physics was unnecessary for this work and could more profitably have been separate into another story ...
By: Zerosmh
Do yourself a favor; when you get ready to turn this book off because its boring you, get something to do that will take most of the day, charge up the ipod, get some cheetos, and power through instead. you will be glad you listened to this book. This is ...
By: SCBickle
This book has unique 'Withnail and I' approach to saving the world. Although it appears to meander around Aston's desperate attempts to approach life at an oblique angle and his seemingly chance encounters with the other characters in the story, it builds to a coherent and satisfying climax. This book ...
By: perthling
I'm half way through and loving it! Your writing style is addictive, that's for sure. Very poetic. In many places it's like a collection of deep, well-crafted poems brought together as flesh upon the skeleton of a plot. As an audiobook your voice brings the words to life in a ...
By: MikeyH
Drawing toward the end now, and I have to say, I am in love with this! The writing style is just perfect, and your voice really suits the construction on the wording. Loving the accents and overall plot, I am hooked! The way London is portrayed through Aston really got ...
By: Loumar
Really enjoyable and couldn't stop listening, what will I do now? Download more Myke Bartlett books. I recommend everyone to take a chance and listen to at least one chapter then you will be hooked :)
By: JenM
I loved this book, it is very different from HDTC, but also very similar. I like the underlying theme that taking action can change the world.