It feels a lot like the sort of mystic business that sells well outside of Ireland, but has so little to do with the experience of people who have to do actual things that it doesn't feel relevant. The bogs are beautiful, and they do stir up images of the past, but ... I can't really explain my problem with the images he uses. They feel very contrived to me, very calculated to do well in the US.
The End of Mr Y is about a book that's so rare there's only one copy known to be in existence, and everyone who was involved in the publishing died mysteriously. Everyone who's ever read it has died, in fact, so it has the reputation for being cursed.
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Date: 2008-05-17 12:05 pm (UTC)The End of Mr Y is about a book that's so rare there's only one copy known to be in existence, and everyone who was involved in the publishing died mysteriously. Everyone who's ever read it has died, in fact, so it has the reputation for being cursed.