My word, yesterday's post got us all talking! Thankyou to everyone who contributed, and I'm sure it's a subject we shall revisit, though I live in hope that henceforth all novels will be beautifully written, error-free and full of exquisite, stylish prose!
Always on the lookout for quality books, I've been listening to the latest Vintage Podcast. It includes Susan Hill reading an extract from her most recent novel A Kind Man
(though tantalisingly, there is no interview with her about the book there), and then members of the publishing and editorial team at the various imprints which come under the Vintage mantle choosing the books they are most looking forward to bringing out this year.
Amongst the ones which I particularly liked the sound of was The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern, billed as "a magical love story set to be the publishing sensation of 2011" this "feast for the senses" about a mysterious travelling circus [with performing cats, Dark Puss] sounds unusual and intriguing (Erin Morgenstern's website is here).
Next on my wishlist is Peyton and Byrne's British Baking
- have any of you Londoners been to their bakeries, etc? And moving swiftly on, because looking at that is making me hungry, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village
, and talking of English villages, how about Conference at Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons, a sequel to her classic comedy, or the more urban Westwood,
"a delightful tale of wartime romance and friendship".
