Thanks for the invitation, Charlie, but the closest I'll get
to Worcester in the foreseeable future will be watching
Jeeves and Wooster.
I'm looking forward to King of the Road. The first two books
were great. (I wanted to say wizard, for some reason, but
caught myself.)
It seems that no one's actually talked about Fags and Lager
(the second in the trilogy begun with Deadfolk) here, though
it's gotten coverage on a number of Web sites, so I'll just
say a few words.
The narrator, Royston Blake, has a strong, original voice and
personality. I really enjoy a good dialect (we've had this
discussion before and not everyone feels the same way) well
rendered, and Charlie is a master. It feels like Blakey's
standing there telling you the story, which moves along at a
good clip.
Blakey's out of the mental hospital and back on the door at
Hoppers, where's it's struck him the youth of Mangel seem
curiously lifeless. Then a local shopkeeper offers to pay
Blakey to "sort out" his daughter's boyfriend--pay him in
fags and lager. Things just sort of go on from there.
Colourful characters, a twisty plot and violence as required
(though to my relief Susan does not make a comeback) add up
to a good, fast read.
As the Guardian says, "the more politically correct among you
can read this as social comment, the rest can just enjoy the
ride."
For an idea of what Royston Blake sounds like, listen to
Charlie as he reads from King of the Road (Firefox might not
download the file properly): http://charliewilliams.net/king.html
Karin
At 10:56 AM 20/01/2006 +0000, Charlie wrote:
>Hello rara avians.
>
>I am having a launch for my new book KING OF THE ROAD
at Ottakars in
>Worcester (UK) on Feb 9th, at 6:30. All of you are
welcome. I realise
>the chances of a rare bird living nearby are slim to
nil, but you never
>know.
>
>(KING OF THE ROAD is the last in the trilogy of books
started with
>DEADFOLK and FAGS AND LAGER.)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Charlie Williams
>
>-------------------
>charliewilliams.net
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