Amazon.co.uk Review
This exciting and thought-provoking thriller by the well-established American writer is guaranteed to grip the attention of imaginative teenagers as fascinated by fantasies of brutality and violence as by ideas about personal morality and self control. The Fade begins quietly enough in a depression-hit French-Canadian town when13-year-old Paul Moreaux discovers he has inherited from his uncle the "gift" of fading into invisibility. Before you know it, Paul moves beyond being a voyeur of dubious sexual antics to finding himself a guilt- ridden murderer. Worse follows when the hereditary gene manifests itself in his schizophrenic teenage nephew who lays waste to the town he lives in and sets out to murder those closest to him. Reminiscent of Mary Shelley's story about Frankenstein and his poor benighted monster, Cormier's story is at once terrifyingly exciting and sadly sobering, exploring, as it does man's capacity for inhumanity to man.

Ex-library stock.
I thought this was brilliant, I thought there was enough depth for it to be a good adult read as well as for teens. When you think of "super-powers" invisibility is often a top choice, but after reading this I think I'd think again, as it shows the perils of seeing what you don't want to or shouldn't.
I've got my own copy so I'd like to share this one.

Passing this one to retromonkey as I've been telling her what a great read it is.

Given to me along with a Christmas pressie. Thanks Korky. Sounds really good. Thanks for sharing!

Left in the phone box library