I needed a book to listen to at work and this came up in the available now selection at my library. I have never seen the movie so I don’t know if this follows it or if it is even based on the book. John Chandagnac, a puppeteer, is sailing on the Vociferous Carmichael to confront his uncle who stole his fathers fortune when it is attacked by pirates. On board are Beth Hurwood, her father Benjamin, and his doctor Leo Friend. After wounding the pirate captain, Philip Davies, with a […]
A bit like The Shining Girls. But not awful.
Few writers are as adept as Tim Powers at telling stories about really difficult to understand concepts by making them palatable and compelling. In this novella, Powers tells the story of Richard Blanzac, a rare books dealer, who is caught in a time loop after coming in to possession of a box of writings from a long forgotten beat poet named Sadie Greenwald. Salvage & Demolition is a short book and to say any more would give away too much of the fun. I’ve been […]