Mike Engleby, the witty and disturbing narrator of Sebastian Faulks' new novel, feels strongly about popular music: "I had a bath and put Steely Dan on the record player. I ought to explain that I don ...

The chilling traits of the title character in Sebastian Faulks' new novel, Engleby, may remind readers of recent criminals in the headlines. Mike Engleby, an intelligent loner, is mocked by his fellow ...

Like novelist Patricia Highsmith’s chilling Tom Ripley, Sebastian Faulks’ character Mike Engleby is self-absorbed, devious and lacks the standard empathy gene. But Ripley emerged in the 1950s. Engleby ...

Sebastian Faulks's brilliant new novel, Engleby, seems like a page torn from Camus, updated with a slew of scientific arguments questioning the very concept of selfhood. The edgy narrator, Mike ...

My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an ancient university. My college was founded in 1662, which means it's viewed here as modern. Its chapel was designed by Hawksmoor, or possibly ...

Titling a novel after its protagonist seems a little like cheating in that it smuggles gravitas into the eponymous character before the book even gets opened. Only when it really seems inevitable ...