The Gargoyle

I heard about "The Gargoyle" before but never got around to read it until now,expecting some silly love story that probably appealed to masses.

Well,I read it now in two days and it actually turned out to be quite interesting, actually much better than I thought. Behind the obviously fascinating story it also points at a question between how we look and what we are inside. Are we what we are showing to others or is it inside what matters?

The main character here was attractive man blessed with good looks who have made a life out of movies - not just any movies,but he really explored his looks in porn movies and lived surrounded with drugs,drinks and promiscuity until the horrible car accident that left him barely alive in a hospital where he now lies,his skin completely burned and not only he would never look the same,it would be a miracle if he actually ever walks. Even though medical teams makes every effort to help him, he is grumpy and unfriendly until a strange woman started visiting him and telling him stories about their previous lives centuries ago. She is obviously escaped from a psychiatric ward and not the sanest person around but she is not dangerous either and doctors soon allow her visits because burned man is happy to have somebody to visit him. Her stories are fascinating because she somehow knows medieval life very well into smallest details and like Scheherazade (the character who narrates the Arabian Nights) she keeps him living with her storytelling. Later they became even closer because she is the only one who wants to take him after the hospital and slowly he noticed how attached he became to her,now at this point of his life when he is completely disfigured and burned beyond recognition. Earlier in life when he was irresistible porn star he never knew love and now when he looks like a freak and have no penis anymore, love has found him. There is a very interesting twist at the end and a novel simply keeps you reading because reader is never completely sure is this woman just crazy or was she really telling the truth. Surprisingly good read.