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portada The Runes Have Been Cast
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2021
Language
English
Pages
252
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
19.6 x 12.4 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.23 kg.
ISBN13
9781912868537
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The Runes Have Been Cast

Robert Irwin (Author) · Dedalus · Paperback

The Runes Have Been Cast - Irwin, Robert

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Synopsis "The Runes Have Been Cast"

The Runes Have Been Cast is a black comedy of darkest hue about academic and literary life set in Oxford and St Andrews in the early 60s. A tin of alphabet spaghetti brought about Lancelyn's first encounter with the apparently supernatural. Unfortunately it was not to be his last. Runes, ghosts and spaghetti apart, there is much for Lancelyn to be afraid of: the future, women, Critical Theory, sex romps, The Times' crossword puzzle, succubi and creative writing classes. The pages of The Runes Have Been Cast are haunted by M.R. James, Thomas de Quincey, Mr. Raven, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Iron Foot Jack, J.R.R. Tolkien and an anonymous tramp. "I do not think that I can have read a novel which makes so many references to actual works that I have never heard off. With a fairly complex plot, ghosts popping in and out, strange but colourful academics, much mirth and mockery, two young men too full of themselves, a rampaging sex goddess, lots of interesting books and authors, intertextuality galore, the idea of God as a novelist, immersive literature and Tolkien and his bloody elves, this book is a thoroughly enjoyable read." -John Alvey in The Modern Novel

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