The images Dinsdale creates in this book are second to none. He uses language outstandingly creating an image in my mind's eye and then with, what appears no effort, managed to bring the image into high definition focus, as if the event, movement or emotion is happening in front of me. I am still mulling over the plot and its effect on me, but it was compelling. I loved how fairytale, history and the boy's stories were intertwined, in the telling and in the plot.

interesting novel but the book didn't really grab me though