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Alan Garner

If Gene Wolfe is simply the best fantasy writer around, and Terry Pratchett the funniest, Alan Garner has to win the accolade as the most sophisticated of the fantasists.

From his early, sub-Hobbit books like The Wierdstone of Brinsingamen his writing has matured into fantasy that is so sophisticated that you have to look twice to make sure this is fantasy and not just a highly effective novel - but fantasy it is.

Just as it's possible to listen to a piece of music by Beethoven or Tavener and recognize the composer by the feel of the music, so Garner's books have a distinctive feel that is embedded in the rocks and soil of his beloved Cheshire/Derbyshire borders. And all those elements are brought to a new height in Thursbitch.

It ought to be said that this isn't an easy book. Playing on another Garner speciality - links between the past and the present - it moves back and forth between the 18th century and the present. Reading the historical segments is a bit like listening to Shakespeare - your ear has to become accustomed to the dialect. It's quite slim as novels go, and there are times when Garner gets carried away with his fascination with old religions and his antipathy to historical Christianity, but it's still a great book. Garner fans could see this is the positive antithesis of Red Shift - despite having death as a major theme, it's much more uplifting than the shattering conclusion of that book. If you think it's impossible for a fantasy writer to produce a good novel, read this one.

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