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The Collected Jorkens Volume 3 By Lord Dunsany might be the nicest bound new book I've ever owned. Normally I prefer to read his work in nice old hardbacks (actually that's true about everyone) but the Night Shade Books feel old even though they're not.
The books in Volume 3 are Jorkens Borrows Another Whisky and The Last Book of Jorkens the latter not being published before Dunsany's death but actually my favorite of the two. The stories are the usual mix of insanity, tall tales, horror and humor done with varying levels of success but totally enjoyable. The most noteable thing about this collection is that the tales are all post world war two. Therefore there is a longing to return to a more natural primitive age, there are a lot of scientific discoveries looking into the future, and there are aliens from other worlds who show up in seances to tell how their worlds were destroyed. There are a couple of deals with the devil involving cricket, champagne swilling women, witches curses, spy tales, and even a few about the evils of cutting off the tales of dogs "docking", something that was legal till just a few years ago. But as always Dunsany is a delight to read.
The books in Volume 3 are Jorkens Borrows Another Whisky and The Last Book of Jorkens the latter not being published before Dunsany's death but actually my favorite of the two. The stories are the usual mix of insanity, tall tales, horror and humor done with varying levels of success but totally enjoyable. The most noteable thing about this collection is that the tales are all post world war two. Therefore there is a longing to return to a more natural primitive age, there are a lot of scientific discoveries looking into the future, and there are aliens from other worlds who show up in seances to tell how their worlds were destroyed. There are a couple of deals with the devil involving cricket, champagne swilling women, witches curses, spy tales, and even a few about the evils of cutting off the tales of dogs "docking", something that was legal till just a few years ago. But as always Dunsany is a delight to read.