The opposite of every cloud has a silver lining
Hearts beat Rangers 1-0 on Saturday past (which was brilliant obviously). I had several large shandies during the day however and managed somehow to lose my copy of Stanley Elkins The Magic Kingdom, mentioned in my last post.
As a result, I've had to switch to Charles Williams Many Dimensions. It's a great book, but wouldn't have been my first choice for a Williams re-read (that would be The Place of the Lion). I thought it was a good idea to read it whilst I still can though, because Matthew managed to tear the front cover off of my fifty year old Penguin copy and then - like the trophy of some literary obsessive serial killer - pinned the damn thing to the fridge door using Scooby Doo fridge magnets. Impressively deranged, I thought, for a three year old.
Williams actually deserves more than just a passing mention which I'll try and get to in the next few days.
As a result, I've had to switch to Charles Williams Many Dimensions. It's a great book, but wouldn't have been my first choice for a Williams re-read (that would be The Place of the Lion). I thought it was a good idea to read it whilst I still can though, because Matthew managed to tear the front cover off of my fifty year old Penguin copy and then - like the trophy of some literary obsessive serial killer - pinned the damn thing to the fridge door using Scooby Doo fridge magnets. Impressively deranged, I thought, for a three year old.
Williams actually deserves more than just a passing mention which I'll try and get to in the next few days.
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Charles Williams is wonderful -- bizarre and esoteric but always very readable. I'm always mildly astonished that he isn't more widely read.
I've just finished Many Dimensions and I'm mildly astonished myself that it's taken me the best part of a decade to start re-reading Williams. Must rake 'War in Heaven' out next.
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