Recommendation: Strange and Norrell

[matgb]

A discussion with faeriecween has reminded me. Book plug time.

Saturday, when walking back to the train station, we passed a Waterstones. Three bibliophiles and an open bookstore. Impressively, I managed to not buy anything, that's the first time I'd left a bookshop without getting the wallet out in a long time. It may be because I talked her into buying what was undoubtedly the best book I've read in the last year.

Susanna Clarke, Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell. It's now out in paperback (my sister got me the hardback for Christmas), and Waterstones has it as number one in their paperback chart (nice red cover, although I prefer the black of the hardback), and it's on 3 for 2. Do yourself a huge favour, go buy the book.

A bit of history, a bit of fantasy, a bit of English gentlemen's club mystery, a bit of war story and a lot of great stuff. The language is exceptionally good and for a first novel it's amazing, I look forward to reading her next.

Go on, go buy it. Honest, you won't regret it.

Comments

[faeriecween.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is fantastic :oD I do personally really like the red paperback cover but then red is best and i sahould imagine the hardback copy weighed a ton!!