Gate of Air - James Buchan

...James Buchan's The Gate of Air is an odd beast in that it tells a gripping ghost story which somehow seems to become submerged beneath the everyday tale of country folk. With its remote location, grotesque characters and eerie descriptive passages, it's a clear successor to the Victorian tradition of ghost stories – Dickens, M R James and all the rest of them. Supernatural goings on are so readily accepted at face value, however, that the parallel ...
...taking place. The Gate of Air is a gentle but rewarding novel, best enjoyed on a comfy sofa on a dark evening with a glass of wine by your side. You can pay up to fifteen pounds for the hardback version, but a quick glance at Amazon will show you a much more reasonable five quid or so. An amended version of this review first appeared on www.thebookbag.co.uk. ...

Olly_Plimsoll 17.06.2009 · Read full review
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