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Biography and biographical details

8 June, 2004
Posted in: Reading etc.

Read “The Road from Coorain” on my mother-in-law’s recommendation.  She is a big fan of biography which as she pointed out to me, presents particular problems.  I mean how many books of biography is the average person going to write?  So she finds a great book and she knows that there will never be more than one or two subsequent volumes, if that.  Unless, I suppose, you like the Beckhams.  “The Road from Coorain” didn’t do it for me but it was far better than the other thing I read last week.  On the basis of rave reviews, I bought two volumes of the “Shadowmancer” series at once.  It’s alright.  For teenagers and a bit too overtly religious – epic tale of a struggle between good and evil described somewhere, with accuracy, as a cross between His Dark Materials and Jamaica Inn.  Author is a vicar and so is the baddy in the story, so clearly the author has a sense of humour.  It is a bit worthy though.  Lots of biblical quotes which I suppose might be new to teenagers in godless England, but certainly aren’t to me.  A bit puritanical too – he is down on cards and beer.  However, further evidence of humour comes from the author biog at the front of the book.  He is described as follows:

“G.P. Taylor has spent the whole of his life searching for the the hidden secrets of the universe.  He lectures on the paranormal and folklore and lives in a secluded graveyard.”

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