Murther & Walking Spirits

3.5* rounded down (in relative not absolute terms, to but reflect its position in my personal Davies pantheon) A polyphonic novel is a bit of a risky gambit. In Milan Kundera's terms, it involves (as I wrote elsewhere) the addition to the novel's discourse of other ways of knowing—philosophy, hist......more

I´ll start by saying that I love R Davies. His Salterton and Deptford Trilogies are wonderful. But this book is just strange. The story seems promising, a man is killed by his wife´s lover, and becomes the narrator as a ghost who can´t seem to go away. He has the Davies humor which I so much love, w......more

DNF at 30% I’m so, so sorry. Может, параллельный монтаж работает в кино, но тут все герои и судьбы схлестнулись, как линии высоковольтных проводов в большом городе: хаос, смятение, не понятно, кто куда ведёт и нельзя ли этот провод отключить вообще. Мне показалось, что можно. Увы и ах.......more

one of the best first sentences ever.........more

4.5* et 5* pour le dernier chapitre ainsi que pour son amour et son grand estime pour la Grèce antique et la religion orthodoxe. Un plaisir à lire......more