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how much is folklore and how much is just a mad ramble?

Treacle Walker by Alan Garner

January 25, 2024 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Alan Garner is a titan of British literature, but it took two other lions of language and a slow day in the shop for me to finally crack open one of his tales. Why did I wait so long? Treacle Walker is exactly the kind of woodsy weirdness that calls to me from the gloam. It was a snowy evening and dead quiet in the bookstore. Every task was complete, everything that could be tidied was tidy beyond tidy, and I had some time to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alan Garner, andtheIToldYouSos, bog man, bog mummy, british folklore, coming-of-age, folklore, ice age, Lore, magical realism, mythology, peat bog, weird

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alan Garner, andtheIToldYouSos, bog man, bog mummy, british folklore, coming-of-age, folklore, ice age, Lore, magical realism, mythology, peat bog, weird ·
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