Come In and Shut the Door

by Chris Petit

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Genres: Audiobook

415 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2025

About the author

English novelist and filmmaker.

Reviews

[Greville Waterman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a complex novel that requires a lot of effort from the reader but it will be time well spent. The hero, Parker has many issues and problems having renounced the priesthood and has somehow found himself collecting, scavenging and selling assorted memorabilia for Evelyn Robinson.

This allows an exploration of a mixed bag of characters from the time of the Second World war as the book ranges in the and place from wartime Berlin to the London of today.

You need to concentrate on who is who and what is actually transpiring but the book is entertaining and certainly thought provoking and I am sure it will be seen on the big screen too.

[Helena · Rating 1 out of 5]

in a desperate attempt to stop dnf'ing books, i made it my mission to finish this and it took me just under a month. i had to read every page around 3 times to follow such a convoluted plot with a thousand characters that just seem to drop off part-way through the book. definitely written for the middle aged man with an interest in Nazi Germany, a category i do not fit into.

[Grant S · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was disappointed and at times found this tale of Hitler's death in the bunker hard to finish.
The first half of the book is particularly slow. It does pick up but essentially this isn't a read I'll look back fondly on.
It rambles on and on.
Three stars is generous actually. Dull.

[Sneha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unfortunately, had to DNF. Put me in a horrible reading slump.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting an educational.
Found it hard to follow who’s who at time but enjoyed it overall.

[Guillaume Amigues · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't love it - a bit slow and self-indulgent writing

[John Bleasdale · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this though I came to it quite cold. I thought Parker was a less interesting character than the others.