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Review of the Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
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http://www.shawnday.com/randomosity/2021/04/11/review-of-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book-depository/
A thread
http://www.shawnday.com/randomosity/2021/04/11/review-of-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book-depository/
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42396983-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book-depository)The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42396983-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book-depository) by John Connolly ( https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38951.John_Connolly)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3937820918)
My rating: 5 of 5 stars ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3937820918)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository is a stunning little novella and well-deserving of the Edgar for short stories.
Connolly strays from his more familiar murder-mystery genre and creates a gem evoking the wonderment of Zafon's Shadow of the Wind with a special anglo'osity to it.
There's brilliant creativity in the mechanics and logistics of the creative imaging of this fantastical institution.
Although a predictable outcome emerges about halfway through the tale, it doesn't take from sheer enjoyment - especially for the avid reader.
At times that same aspect of readerly introspection may come a little too close to home - Connolly's protagonist may not be how we may see ourselves.
However, the profound sense of how the readerly individual creates and inhabits a somewhere imagined and real simultaneously makes explicit the reward of literary appreciation.
Highly recommended. A short but profoundly enjoyable read.
Highly recommended. A short but profoundly enjoyable read.
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