DJ searches for doppelganger in Berlin

Kameron Merritt

31 July 2008

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DJ Darky has a "phonographic memory" meaning he will be able to recall everything he has got ever heard : "Every dropped nickel, raindrop drip-drop, sneaker squeak, and sheep bleat. It's like my whole life is a song I cannot get out my head." To prove this point, the book is charged with auditory detail. This storyteller cares more about how things sound than how they look, a peerless effect that gives the novel its unusual lyricism.

But whilst he's well suited to this job, it's actually merely a way of making ends meet. Before moving to Berlin, he worked in the porn industry, setting videos to music. But Hornby is a more typical craftsman who plots his books conscientiously, and his books are sometimes romantic comedies. "You would think they'd be used to me by now" DJ Darky moans at the novel's start. An worried, edgy humor propels this novel forward. "Moving to Berlin reduced the fear of being mistaken for anyone else to just about nothing" DJ Darky reflects. In a number of ways, "Slumberland" is an imperfect novel. And yet it's a page-turner, driven not by plot but by the heart beat of each sentence, its deliberate sensory overload, with language that swerves between the mad and the sublime. For Beatty, the destination isn't just about as significant as the trip, the fun had along the way. It's a relief to hear the truth, and to listen to it delivered

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