Author:P.G. Wodehouse
A stalwart of the Angler's Rest, where he is usually to be found in company with Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, Mr Mulliner has an endless supply of brothers, nephews and cousins who feature in the tales with which he entertains the regulars in his favourite pub. There is George, the stammerer, who finds the courage to propose only after being chased by a mob; Wilfred, the chemist, who muddles his cosmetic potions with dire results; Lancelot, the film star; William, the lover of Myrtle Banks; Clarence, the society photographer; and Augustine, the curate, who saves his bishop from disgrace at the school reunion. All win through to love and success, but only after enough farcical mishaps to supply a dozen ordinary comic novelists.
I think these stories in this book have all the right ingredients - originality, horror, ingenuity, and a touch of the macabre
—— Wendy CoolingComplex and daring, its firework prose illuminating the darkness of the ordinary
—— Independent on SundayA formidable young writer... Power unpacks her character's emotions with a firm, graceful hand
—— New York TimesA passionate, intelligent, and piercingly beautiful. It is an altogether striking debut
—— Mary GaitskillWith a sushi-chef hero, a waitress heroine and a cast of hungry-for-love characters, this novel is flavoursome and fulfilling
—— Harpers & QueenA meticulously realised otherworld...ambitious and scrupulously crafted
—— SFXA world of evocative magic, brutal warfare and poetry unlike anything I'd read before...the publication of a second novel is always a tense time - was the author a one hit wonder? Fortunately for us, Deadhouse Gates triumphantly proves that this is not the case for Steve Erikson
—— OUTLAND
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