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There is a distinctive ambience to an alice thompson novel. The book collector, by alice thompson yorkshire post. The book collector by alice thompson a bibliophiles library is the ideal setting to begin the descent into darkness of a fairytale marriage. In edwardian england, violet has a fairy tale existence. Alice thompson was born and brought up in edinburgh. Unless you take against this book being so obvious andor familiar, you will like as not revel in the gothic darkness and inexorable drama it conveys. The horror master would no doubt approve of this slim edwardianera gothic, too, recalling as it does both rebecca and the silence of the lambs. The book follows a woman named violet, an obsessed book reader and how she falls in love and marries archie, an obsessed book collector. It all begins when archie tells violet of a rare book of fairy tales that she is not ever allowed to see or read. Studies presented and discussed at the third international african seminar in salisbury, december 1960. Praise for the book collector with a nod to angela carter, thompson takes the myth of bluebeard, the murdering husband who keeps a tally of his dead wives, sets it down in that edwardian summer just before the guns of the first world war go off.

A journal of the drought year, don thompson, encircle publications juned, by. Alice thompsons new novel is a gothic story of book collecting. The book collector by alice thompson welcome to our regular feature showcasing the talents of the nations best writers. Alice thompson, onetime keyboard player for eighties band the woodentops, is now an established novelist, who has won praise from ian rankin and stephen king. Novel about a book collector also exploring themes of female madness, victorian asylums and text fetishism. Join facebook to connect with alice thompson and others you may know.

Watch the cspan collection of videos, access clips including recent appearances by alice thompson. What happens after happily ever after is a question addressed in alice thompsons seventh novel, and a book of hans christian andersens. Alice thompsons new novel is a gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. The book collector by alice thompson fantastic fiction. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. As she recovers and is released a terrifying series of events is unleashed. Calling a wolf a wolf kaveh akbar, alice james books. The secret of lies, barbara forte abate, dog ear publishing the life. The book collector, by alice thompson there is a distinctive ambience to an alice thompson novel. From justine, her debut which won the james tait black memorial prize, through. In the 1980s she played keyboard with rock band the woodentops. She was the former keyboard player with postpunk eighties band, the woodentops and joint winner with graham swift of the james tait black memorial prize for fiction for her first novel, justine. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires. We process payfast payments, credit card payments visa and mastercard, instant electronic fund transfers bank transfers from all south africas major banks, which get instantly verified.