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Original Title:	The Cloud of Unknowing
ISBN:	0151012601 (ISBN13: 9780151012602)
Edition Language:	English

The Cloud of Unknowing

Thomas H. Cook

Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 3.47 | 697 Users | 93 Reviews

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Title	:	The Cloud of Unknowing
Author	:	Thomas H. Cook
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	January 15th 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Family

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David Sears grew up in the shadow of his brilliant younger sister, Diana, convinced by their father that she would accomplish great things. Instead, she married and had a son, Jason, who—like David and Diana’s father—is schizophrenic. Her husband, Mark, a geneticist, never made peace with Jason’s condition.
 
Perhaps this is why, when Jason drowns, Diana will not accept the authorities’ conclusion that his death was accidental. Or perhaps Diana is going mad. She begins to send David faxes and e-mails about ancient murders, driven by her growing belief that the earth is Gaia, a living witness to her son’s murder who could give evidence in the case she is building against her husband. David soon fears for his own family’s safety as the seductive qualities of Diana’s manic energy become impossible to ignore.
 
In The Cloud of Unknowing, Cook explores the power of blood and family mythology.

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a study of the mind type of book, but using a schizophrenic is just a bad idea and he never pulls it off.

Another gripping tale from the very talented THC. Cook excels at using figures of speech and this knowing alliteration, "Suspicion is a shifting shade," is a precursor of what's to come. He has a way with words (don't you just love alliteration?) and tells intriguing stories. First he builds a convincing case around one suspect, only to dislodge it and point the blame in another direction. Kept me guessing right up until the stunning climax.

From my book blog www.JetBlackDragonfly.blogspot.comPublished outside the US under the better title A Murmur of Stones, this 2006 novel is one of over thirty written by Thomas H. Cook since 1980, several winning awards including an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America.Davis and Diana grew up in the shadow of a brilliant father who encouraged them to read, recite, and investigate at a very high level. He was also a paranoid schizophrenic whose manic phases and illogical reasoning ultimately

It's not that this book was bad, exactly, but I just didn't think that it accomplished what it was trying to do. Another book delving into perception versus reality, this time with latent paranoid schizophrenia thrown in, all with the intent (so I felt) of drawing the reader into the cloud of unknowing as if they were experienceing it rather than just reading about it. I don't know if it was the format or the length, but it just didn't happen for me. Instead, I felt like we just had the classic

The Cloud of Unknowing, by Thomas H. Cook. A.This is a book full of twists and turns with no clear idea how it will end even when it does end. Dave and Dianna have a terrible childhood to endure and try to live beyond. They were raised by their father who was a diagnosed schizophrenic who heard voices and often acted in ways that were only cognizable to him through the voices he acted upon, and sometimes cognizable to Dianna as well. This story is relayed to a detective by Dave, who tells the

There isn't a book by Thomas H Cook that I don't love, but is perhaps my favorite. A history of family mental illness, misunderstood genius, devotion, & the fear of what lurks inside each of us, this book just grabs you & doesn't let go. A young boy drowns, & his mother holds the father responsible, though the law cannot. In her tragic genius, she thinks she finds a witness to the act. When I grasped what she was going to use as evidence, I gasped, & wept for her. Also under the

It was bound to happen sooner or later; my first Cook novel to elicit a lukewarm reaction. Thats not to say it was horrible; I dont actually think its possible for Thomas H. Cook to write a horrible novel. The Cloud of Unknowing was a bit of a bust for me, though.David and Diana Sears were raised by their brilliant but schizophrenic father. Now they are adults and they carry all the baggage from that often difficult childhood. David is a married lawyer with a teenage daughter. Diana is also