I was expecting Mick Herron's debut novel and the first in The Oxford Investigations series to be inferior to the Slow Horses series; however, he started strong and established a working formula. This volume also involves the shady world of British espionage.
Looking forward to watching the live TV drama adaptation.
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Just finished reading the new Slough House book by Mick Herron - Clown Town.
Not as good as some of the others in the series. I got the feeling that Herron may be getting tired. Yes, it does have the usual characters and Lamb seems to be more obnoxious that usual.
https://www.hachette.co.nz/book/?id=clown-town-9781399800457
Just finished this over the weekend. I do love the TV series, but writing like this opening paragraph is why, for me and probably others, the books remain the main event:
"What you see when you see a blank page is much what you hear when you hear white noise; it’s the early shifting into gear of something not ready to happen – an echo of what you feel when you walk past sights the eyes are blind to; bus queues, whitewashed shopfronts, adverts pasted to lamp-posts, or a four-storey block on Aldersgate Street in the London borough of Finsbury, where the premises gracing the pavement include a Chinese restaurant with ever-lowered shutters and a faded menu taped to its window; a down-at-heel newsagent’s where pallets of off-brand cola cans block the aisle; and, between the two, a weathered black door with a dusty milk bottle welded to its step, and an air of neglect suggesting that it never opens, never closes."
Mick Herron has a knack of creating thrilling stories with dark humour which are almost flawless. The fact that he’s been able to create two worlds in which these take place — ‘Slough House’ and the ‘Zoë Boehm’ novels — makes him almost too good to allow him to continue writing. Someday soon a group of writers, jealous of his gifts, will knock on his door, drag him behind the shed, and give him the boots until he smartens up. They might even bring their own shed for the purpose.
Emma Thompson (as the protagonist Zoë Boehm) is so good in this I want to follow her around and bring her tea and biscuits with the hope she might remember my name. Ruth Wilson (as principal victim Sarah Trafford) could probably get me to lie down in the gutter so she could avoid getting her shoes wet by walking over my back. Everyone else is equally brilliant.
My goodness, this is stupendous!
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
YES!! I’ve been hoping this would happen!
“On the heels of the first season finale, Apple TV announced a season two renewal for acclaimed thriller ‘Down Cemetery Road,’ starring and executive produced by Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award winner Emma Thompson, and also starring Golden Globe Award and two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson.”
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"At ground level each block was unwalled, with thick round pillars every few yards; these were scorched black where homeless wayfarers or partying teenagers had made camp, and the floors were strewn with bottle glass and random litter. Toilet smells drifted out to where they stood, on a pitted and rubbly patch of concrete, with thuggish plant life sprouting from its cracks."
Mick Herron, "Real Tigers"
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