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Title: Twist

Author: Tom Grass

Narrator: Robert Madge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-14

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Eighteen-year-old Twist doesn't have much. No money, no home and no family. All he has is his reputation as one of the most daring street artists in London - whose unique skills are matched only by his infamous talent as a climber and freerunner.

But when he finds himself on the run from the police, he knows that he could be about to lose the last thing he has left - his freedom. Until he is saved by the mysterious Dodge. When Dodge introduces him to con artist and art 'collector' Cornelius Faginescu, Twist realises that he finally has the chance to be part of something. All that he has to do is put aside his moral objections and learn to steal...

Members Reviews:

A new urban Oliver Twist

This is Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist reimagined, 176 years after the original was published. It is gritty and urban, dark and (forgive me) twisted. When you consider the themes and storyline of the original Dickens novel, that was also very much the same for its time. But I suggest you don't compare the two books, that you come fresh to Twist, with no expectations (as opposed to 'great expectations'). Because really, it deserves to stand on its own.

We meet Oliver Twist as an 18-year old orphan with a rap sheet, eluding police. He's an incredible graffiti artist who may be as good as, maybe better than, Banksy; able to memorize and reproduce the great masters with an incredible eye and meticulous detail. He comes to the attention of FBoss (Fagin), when it appears the thuggish Sikes and Red (Nancy) have gotten into deadly trouble with the Russian mafia about - what else - some paintings. They need Twist, but he doesn't need them. Not until he starts to fall for Red...

This is an unsettling walk through London's underbelly, exposing a seam of crime most people never dream about. It's very visual, so I imagine the film - the screenplay appears to have been written(?) - will be terrific to watch. Especially the chase scenes where Twist and Red do an urban ninja thing, running and jumping on, off and around buildings to elude pursuers: police, villains or both. These scenes are a little harder to read, but you get the gist. A lot of London is used as the backdrop, including inside The Shard; that's going to look fabulous.

So sit back and enjoy the fairly wild ride. There are lots of plot twists and turns, and the art side of things is fascinating. As is the ending. Not what you expect.

A Replay on a Classic Which Works Well

It seems fashionable to take the Classics and update them. Generally I am not a fan of this particular phenomenon but if you share my prejudice this could be the one to change your mind.

Grass's Twist, like the original, never knew his Mother and has been through a variety of homes and institutions. Unlike the original he is, by the age of eighteen, no stranger to the Law. Pursued by the Police he is saved by Dodge who works for a Romanian Gangster called Cornelius Fagin. Fagin has his own crime syndicate which includes Sykes, plus bulldog, and Red, alias Nancy, whom our latter day Oliver falls for in a more romantic way than Dickens'. She,however, owes her freedom to Sykes who views her as his property. When Oliver is invited to join the gang little does he know he has been deliberately recruited for a specific job.