By Peter Ackroyd. Not to be confused with Peter Carey, who wrote the intermittently hilarious Oscar and Lucinda.
Why'd I read it? 1. Recommended highly by Histrionix, who knows his way around good writing. 2. Super title. (This was before I learnt that it had been previously published as The Trial of Elizabeth Cree.) 3. A cast of real-life characters like Dan Leno (a British comedian billed "The Funniest Man on Earth") and Karl Marx (yes, the 'opium of the masses' guy)
Why'd I put it down feeling vaguely dissatisfied? Tough one, but I suspect it has to do with fabulous characters working their way towards a less-than-fabulous end. Left me thinking more about the writer, than the book -- never a good sign.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Maybe you should skim through: Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem.
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clearly you've never read, or have, sadly, failed to understand, the works of De Quincey and Foucault...believe me, read some of their works, and you'll enjoy the Ackroyd novel...it's fantastic, though he's no Lowry!
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