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Chargement... The Paper Grail (1991)par James P. Blaylock
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book has a lot in common with Blaylock's [b:All the Bells on Earth|421028|All the Bells on Earth|James P. Blaylock|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174590304s/421028.jpg|1437645], which is to say that they're both basically things [a:Charles Williams|36289|Charles Walter Stansby Williams|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217390107p2/36289.jpg] might have written if he'd lived 50 years later in California and if he'd been a bit more cheerful. There's the same sense that cosmic magical systems are just ambling along like a friendly game of cards that people keep taking breaks from; that everyone's flawed, but that the bad guys' flaws are pettier and ickier; and that everyone, including most of the bad guys, will probably be okay. Unlike All the Bells, this one is set on the coast of northern California, and there's a great sense of the landscape and the combined hippie/redneck culture (art cars play a major role). There's not much to most of the characters (especially the hero) and Blaylock tends to pile on chaos in the the denouement, but there's always some great piece of dialogue or physical detail to keep it grounded. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Thriller.
HTML:The second thriller in the supernatural trilogy by the World Fantasy Awardâ??winning authorâ?? An "intriguing and absorbing work from a major talent" (Kirkus Reviews). Howard Barton came to Mendocino in search of a folded scrap of paper. Not just any old scrap of paper, but one bearing what might be a sketch by the legendary Japanese artist, Hoku-sai. But Howard, unfortunately, is not the only one who wants the sketch . . . There's old Heloise Lamey, whose lush and noxious garden is watered with blood, ink, and stranger substances. And the enigmatic Mr. Jimmers, the owner of a workshop that holds a bizarre invention designed to raise the dead. Even Howard's Uncle Roy, a builder of haunted houses and founder of the Museum of Modern Mysteries, has an interest in the sketch. In Northern California, nothing is what it appears, but everything is connectedâ?? and Howard is led to a mysterious private war between secret, underground societies. Now he just needs to figure out whose side he's on in the quest for the Paper Grail. "Blaylock redeems the familiarity of his plot with a gift for drawing characters who are eccentric in delightful and original ways, whichever side of the war they are on." â??Publishers Weekly "Blaylock ventures into the realm of magical realism as eccentric matrons and failed entrepreneurs assume mythic proportions in this witty and intelligent metaphysical novel. This crossover novel belongs equally well in literary and fantasy collections." â??Libra Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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