Lots of the characters’ actions are motivated by sexual appetites that are many things - mostly disturbing - but never even remotely erotic. On the other hand, many of the characters are by far the most despicable I’ve ever met and their actions among the vilest put to paper. And it’s set in a vivid world, parts of which will haunt me for a long time. It contains some of the best writing I have ever read in fantasy by turns tense, dark, grimly funny, and occasionally majestic. The late Brian McNaughton’s 1997 collection The Throne of Bones is a book I want to on one hand praise and with the other hold it away from myself with a pair of iron tongs. They see their fellows as impediments to feeding, to be mauled and shrieked at when the mourners go home. It vaporizes delicacy and leaves behind a only a slag of anger and lust. Hunger is the fire in which they burn, and it burns hotter than the hunger for power over men or for the knowledge of the gods in a crazed mortal. For all their laughter, ghouls are a dull lot.
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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.ĭedicated to the warriors, dreamers & hustlers who change the world. Where to begin? I was really looking forward to reading Grotesque after enjoying Kirino’s Out several years ago. Tanabata has an incredible list of Japanese books she’s read, reading and reviewing, so go and check it out! *I have belatedly decided to join the Hello Japan October challenge hosted by Tanabata at In Spring it is the Dawn as I realised this book would be perfect for it and that I can’t really stay away from anything Japanese. The Japanese Literary Challenge 3 continues until January 30th 2010 so I’m hoping to read heaps more including The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki which has been sitting in my TBR pile for donkey’s years. 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