Monthly Archives: February 2012
When I got off the train I saw two blind men helping each other up the stairs
Dead Man Upright, by Derek Raymond Dead Man Upright is the fifth, and final, of Derek Raymond’s Factory novels. It’s being reprinted later this year, after a lengthy period out of publication. It became sufficiently obscure that I’ve seen a … Continue reading
Filed under British Crime Fiction, Crime Fiction, Noir, Raymond, Derek
A notable. A knight.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Simon Armitage and an unknown original author Recently I read and enjoyed Peter Ackroyd’s take on Malory’s The Once and Future King. One of my few disappointments with it was that it didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Armitage, Simon, Arthurian myth, Epics and Sagas, Poetry
