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This book was great fun. It was a pulpy 1950s adventure but I really did enjoy it. There were a lot of interesting asides in the book, in particular the repetition that just because someone was a relatively successful writer of fiction did not mean that they earned very much money, (when compared with say barristers!).
The plot itself was not quite as exciting as "The Devil Rides Out" but still enjoyable. One of my favourite parts was when the old spy sat in the house of the occultist discussing Crowley and Magic. But it was full of interesting twists and turns and I was pleased to see that despite being 50s pulp it was the heroine who saved the day and destroyed the occultists and not the men (especially as she had been forgotten about for the past 100 pages!) It was also a little disappointing that there were not more conversations with the girl who was possessed. Once her condition was realised she was packed up pretty quickly and also disappeared for the 2nd half of the story.
It wasn't the most eloquently written book but I did like it a lot and as soon as I finished it last night started reading "The Haunting of Toby Jug" by the same author.
The plot itself was not quite as exciting as "The Devil Rides Out" but still enjoyable. One of my favourite parts was when the old spy sat in the house of the occultist discussing Crowley and Magic. But it was full of interesting twists and turns and I was pleased to see that despite being 50s pulp it was the heroine who saved the day and destroyed the occultists and not the men (especially as she had been forgotten about for the past 100 pages!) It was also a little disappointing that there were not more conversations with the girl who was possessed. Once her condition was realised she was packed up pretty quickly and also disappeared for the 2nd half of the story.
It wasn't the most eloquently written book but I did like it a lot and as soon as I finished it last night started reading "The Haunting of Toby Jug" by the same author.