5.0 out of 5 stars
Explore the Castle, April 10 2012
By Pop Bop - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Ancient Castle (Paperback)
It's sort of a shame that this is the first and only review for this book. Graves' "White Goddess" is an idiosyncratic but brilliant treatment of mythology, and "Good-bye to All That" may be the premier World War I memoir. So, what happens when you take a writer with such wide ranging interests and experience, and pop him into an ancient mysterious castle, with a stalwart hero and a treasure to be found? Well, you get what may be the most restrained, spare, interesting and resonant treasure hunt ever. Reading this is probably not going to transform anyone's life, but it will introduce a young reader to quality, assured, literate writing. And did I mention it involves exploring an abandoned castle?