Ah, One hundred years of solitude. A simple tale of José Arcadio, José Arcadio, José Arcadio, José Arcadio, Arcadio, Aureliano, Aureliano, Aureliano and Aureliano.
I do wish just one of them had been called ‘Bob’.
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Beloved by children and adults alike for nearly 150 years, Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is a truly iconic piece of literature and a mainstay of fantastical western fiction. Its affect on other forms of art have been no less impressive; movies, television shows, music, comics, radio, animation, artwork, sculpture and even computer games. There are plentiful examples in all media types that either directly reference or allude to the book. There’s even a neurological condition named ‘Alice in Wonderland syndrome’.
Given all that, and a fondness for such nonsense as the book is famous for, my enjoyment of this book was not really surprising.
Based very firmly on a true story, the Surgeon of Crowthorne concerns the inestimable assistance one Dr W.C. Minor gave in assembling the first concise Oxford English Dictionary.
He was deeply interested in language as well as being a keen painter and a man of science.
Oh, and he was a paranoid, delusional, sex-obsessed, xenophobic murderer as well.
Erik Davidsen is, in no particular order, divorced, a psychiatrist, Norwegian American, childless and a very lonely man.
Set in the infamous Salem, The Lace Reader concerns an admittedly insane protagonist and her return to her childhood home.
Amidst a tale of death, magic, lies and, for some reason, lace, she tells the reader about her past and why she’s been damaged so badly. continue reading…
