
Portobello
A Novel
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $18.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Tim Curry
-
By:
-
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen. In Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill.
Walking to the shops one day, 50-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction - and his own good intentions - Wren hatches a plan to find the money’s rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners - people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren’s life - and the life of his trusting fiancée - the consequences will change them all. Portobello is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London’s most intriguing neighborhoods - and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.
©2010 Ruth Rendell (P)2010 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
People who viewed this also viewed...





NARRATOR!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Highly recommend!!!
Marvelous story and reader
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
spooky comes to life
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wonderful narration by Tim Curry
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
FASCINATING AND WELL-READ
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Haunting, edgy
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Portobello's Lovely Mean Streets
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Unusual character focus
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Kinda boring, still a good read
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Literary equivalent of a choc orange.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.