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Ben Aaronovitch "The Masquerades of Spring"
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BillGill
2024-11-09 14:20:24 UTC
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I just got my copy of the latest Rivers of London
novella. This one isn't, strictly speaking, a
Rivers of London. The book steps well back in
time into the 1920s. Nightingale travels to
New York City to trace the source of a magic
saxophone. Here he meets the world of Harlem
and Jazz. He doesn't meet any of the river gods
of New York. I don't think that the book is quite
up to the standard of Aaronovitch's earlier works,
but it is a fairly good read in any case.

Note: My copy of the book is a collectable. It
is signed and numbered. I didn't realize that
until I got it.

Bill
Robert Woodward
2024-11-09 18:25:36 UTC
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Post by BillGill
I just got my copy of the latest Rivers of London
novella. This one isn't, strictly speaking, a
Rivers of London. The book steps well back in
time into the 1920s. Nightingale travels to
New York City to trace the source of a magic
saxophone. Here he meets the world of Harlem
and Jazz. He doesn't meet any of the river gods
of New York. I don't think that the book is quite
up to the standard of Aaronovitch's earlier works,
but it is a fairly good read in any case.
IMHO, this was also a P. G. Wodehouse pastiche. A lot of the charm of
the Rivers of London series is Peter Grant's snark. Gussie, being a
literary relative of Wodehouse's dim viewpoint characters, is snark
deficient.
Post by BillGill
Note: My copy of the book is a collectable. It
is signed and numbered. I didn't realize that
until I got it.
IIRC, the entire print run was signed and ones that weren't numbered
were lettered (those were more expensive).
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BillGill
2024-11-10 14:29:10 UTC
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Post by Robert Woodward
Post by BillGill
I just got my copy of the latest Rivers of London
novella. This one isn't, strictly speaking, a
Rivers of London. The book steps well back in
time into the 1920s. Nightingale travels to
New York City to trace the source of a magic
saxophone. Here he meets the world of Harlem
and Jazz. He doesn't meet any of the river gods
of New York. I don't think that the book is quite
up to the standard of Aaronovitch's earlier works,
but it is a fairly good read in any case.
IMHO, this was also a P. G. Wodehouse pastiche. A lot of the charm of
the Rivers of London series is Peter Grant's snark. Gussie, being a
literary relative of Wodehouse's dim viewpoint characters, is snark
deficient.
Post by BillGill
Note: My copy of the book is a collectable. It
is signed and numbered. I didn't realize that
until I got it.
IIRC, the entire print run was signed and ones that weren't numbered
were lettered (those were more expensive).
I think one of the biggest problems with Masquerades was the
lack of Peter.

Bill

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