"Sometimes you are confronted with a word in a book that you have to look up in the dictionary. Occasionally you are faced with a concept or idea that you are a little hazy on and you have to clarify your understanding of it before you can grapple with the narrative fully. I’ll confess: in the case of The Ascent of Isaac Steward I had to look up the whole book.
Any Cop?: When they publish the York Notes I’ll let you know. Until then you are on your own. If you are looking for a book that takes Finnegans Wake as a starting point and adds a sprinkling of Lacan and onomatopoeia, your search may be over."
Read the whole review here.
Other recent comments on the book via comments and the mail bag ...
"Thoroughly enjoyed your novel. As Bacon so eloquently put it: "Some books are there to be tasted, others to be swallowed, others still to be chewed on and digested." Yours falls boldly into the final category.
"Brilliant!! it would also make an awesome movie - reminds me of david lynch."
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