Elysian Wonderland
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My review -
This
is Stuart Ayris at his Ayrisest. In a wonderland very reminiscent of Lewis
Carroll’s own, an apparently sentient campervan takes a stale-relationshipped
couple to a convention in a field. They are given a purple drink and meet strange
people and creatures. They also meet two children and later discover their own
relationship to these two. It’s a fairy-tale type of story about personal
relationships and is, as you’d expect from the author, quirky, idiosyncratic
and linguistically creative.
I
have loved Stuart’s work since I read Tollesbury Time Forever and I know he has
a great number of fans who enjoy the off-the-wall relationship he has with the
English language and with popular music. Just a word of warning – if you’re a
new reader, I wouldn’t advise you to start here as I think many people would
find the strangeness a bizarre too far. Read some of his earlier works first
and allow yourself to relax into his style. It’s a fun ride!
I
received an advance copy for review.
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