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Review by Bryn (010901) Rating (9/10) Review
by Bryn The classic characters of the English village are all here, the undertaker, the Vicar, the horsey woman with the big house, the bumbling doctor each brought to life with new quirks and dimensions to participate in a gem of a tale. Mac Fletcher toys brilliantly with stereotypes and expectations to continually lead the reader astray. Death, or the lack of it, is central to the tale, and with this choice of subject matter, Fletcher is able to blend humour with some interesting questions about old age. Fletcher captures the glorious summer we always think of as the English past, but in his Shropshire village, all is not well, and the failure of certain unreasonable persons to die off in good time is starting to play havoc with the local economy. Wonderfully
grotesque and witty, this book both echoes a range of classic
British film and writing, whilst also striking out in new directions.
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