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A review by vegantrav
The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet
4.0
Flights of fancy? Or insanity? Or merely fantasy?
What is going on with Philip Murdstone? He is visited (or is it all in his head?) by Pocket Wellfair, a Greme (an elf-like or gnome-like creature). Pocket helps Murdstone revive his ailing literary career by writing a fantasy novel for Murdstone, which Murdstone publishes under his own name. Of course, Pocket isn't doing this merely from the goodness of his own heart: in exchange for the fantasy novel, Murdstone must deliver a powerful amulet to Pocket.
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The Murdstone Trilogy, which laughs at us with its title as it is a stand-alone book, is a bit of darkly whimsical, noirish magical (or, in keeping with the book, magickal) realism (or pseudo-realism).
There is nothing of great import in The Murdstone Trilogy; it's not one of the best books of the year, but it is certainly very good, and I cannot count the number of times I laughed out loud.
The Murdstone Trilogy is a delight--a nice bit of escapist fun, perfect light reading for the holidays.
What is going on with Philip Murdstone? He is visited (or is it all in his head?) by Pocket Wellfair, a Greme (an elf-like or gnome-like creature). Pocket helps Murdstone revive his ailing literary career by writing a fantasy novel for Murdstone, which Murdstone publishes under his own name. Of course, Pocket isn't doing this merely from the goodness of his own heart: in exchange for the fantasy novel, Murdstone must deliver a powerful amulet to Pocket.
* * *
The Murdstone Trilogy, which laughs at us with its title as it is a stand-alone book, is a bit of darkly whimsical, noirish magical (or, in keeping with the book, magickal) realism (or pseudo-realism).
There is nothing of great import in The Murdstone Trilogy; it's not one of the best books of the year, but it is certainly very good, and I cannot count the number of times I laughed out loud.
The Murdstone Trilogy is a delight--a nice bit of escapist fun, perfect light reading for the holidays.