The End of My Tether
Neil Astley
This is his first book. It is weird but fantastic. There is an
old detective and his young, female colleague, plus some nasty
characters. There is not much narrative, more a succession of
scenes. Crimes are solved in a rural setting. It is modern and
covers lots of issues - folklore, paganism, reincarnation and, of
course, corruption. Recommended, even though it's a bit too long.
Bob 7/2/04
Bob highly recommended this and I wasn't disappointed. It's a bit
of a romp through the English countryside. You start off looking
through the eyes of a rural policeman, and then it spirals off
through several levels of local villains. The chaos in the plot
seems to grow when the author introduces other bits of the story
from 150 years before. The same characters exist in parallel
times. The first 40% of the story is very funny. It was too long
but still pretty readable. I liked the way it drew on English
folk culture in a respectful way.
Andrew 18/4/04
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.