''The Glamour'' is a novel by Christopher Priest published in 1984.

Plot summary

''The Glamour'' is a novel in which a cameraman becomes an amnesiac.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for mos ...

reviewed ''The Glamour'' for ''

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'' #60, and stated that "''The Glamour'' should be read rather than described in all its strange detail; hypnotic, tricky, uneasy and full of double meaning, it demands to be reread the moment you've finished. Excellent."

Reviews

*Review by Faren Miller (1985) in

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, #288 January 1985 *Review by Paul Kincaid (1985) in

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124/125 *Review by Richard Mathews (1985) in

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, June 1985 *Review by Algis Budrys (1985) in

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, October 1985 *Review by D. W. 'Doc' Kennedy (1985) in

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, October 1985 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1985) in

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, #73 October 1985 *Review by Judith Hanna (1985) in Interzone, #11 Spring 1985 *Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels

References

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