Comments on: Michel Faber: The Fire Gospel http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Tom C http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14067 Tom C Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:59:51 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14067 Stewart - The Crimson Petal and the White is one of my all time greats - an excellent book in every way, and one of the few that several years after reading it, I can still recall reasonably well. I will seek this one out, but probably from the library (the spending has to stop!). However, the Hermann Ungar book you mentioned on my blog is a must have and is on its way to me. Thanks for dropping by Stewart - The Crimson Petal and the White is one of my all time greats - an excellent book in every way, and one of the few that several years after reading it, I can still recall reasonably well. I will seek this one out, but probably from the library (the spending has to stop!). However, the Hermann Ungar book you mentioned on my blog is a must have and is on its way to me. Thanks for dropping by

]]> By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14052 Stewart Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:58:32 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14052 Oh, I'm not saying it's a bad book, Jem. I liked it, even if it petered out a bit toward the end - as all fires must do, I suppose. I think that Faber's <em>The Crimson Petal And The White</em> may be a bit of an albatross to him now, though: everyone knows he is capable of such brilliance, but it seems like it may just be that one truly good book that everything else they write gets, fairly or unfairly, compared to. Oh, I’m not saying it’s a bad book, Jem. I liked it, even if it petered out a bit toward the end - as all fires must do, I suppose. I think that Faber’s The Crimson Petal And The White may be a bit of an albatross to him now, though: everyone knows he is capable of such brilliance, but it seems like it may just be that one truly good book that everything else they write gets, fairly or unfairly, compared to.

]]> By: jem http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14044 jem Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:58:20 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/11/01/michel-faber-the-fire-gospel/#comment-14044 I agree with you that the Canongate myths are a hit and miss affair, although we disagree about the specific titles. This sounds like one to look forward to - I didn't know the next ones were on their way. I read my first Faber this summer 'Under the Skin' - and it caught me unawares, bloody strange but utterly compelling with it. I agree with you that the Canongate myths are a hit and miss affair, although we disagree about the specific titles.

This sounds like one to look forward to - I didn’t know the next ones were on their way. I read my first Faber this summer ‘Under the Skin’ - and it caught me unawares, bloody strange but utterly compelling with it.

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