Genre: Short
Story Collection
Description:
“In Hilligoss, a tired man searches for a son, a flamingo enthrals the
night, and fireworks light up the lost. In these stories and more, Rusticles
offers a meandering tour through backroads bathed in half light, where shadows
play along the verges and whispers of the past assault daydreams of the
present. Walk the worn pathways of Hilligoss.”
Author:
“Rebecca Gransden has always lived by the sea. She likes to write
about the edges of things so if you inhabit the fringes you may find something
to like.”
Appraisal:
As the author’s bio and book description should make clear, these
stories are different. Some might call them strange or even weird. Like the one
about the park some people go to have sex, the high school boys who like to spy
on them, and the two girls who decide to do something about it and how that
turns out. If you think I just wrote a run-on sentence there then I wonder what
you’ll make of the story called The final
diary entry of Miles Feist. It’s 1232 words in one long sentence. (Maybe
it’s Miles’ last entry because his English teacher saw his diary and turned
murderous.) These are offbeat stories that leave room for the reader to fill in
the gaps. Definitely not for everyone, but if it is for you, I’ll bet you’ve
figured it out by now.
FYI:
Some adult language.
UK slang and spelling conventions.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 25-30,000 words
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