My morning is made, because the Bookmunch site has given a generous nod to The Possessions of Doctor Forrest in its politely-titled '50 Books You Might Want To Read in 2011':
"After blowing us all away a couple of years back with his David Peace-esque political novel, Crusaders, Richard T Kelly is changing his game with The Possessions of Dr Forrest which promises to be a spine-tingling modern Gothic fable that mashes up two of our favourite doctors, Jekyll and Faustus. Am giddy about this one…"
Thanks very much, I'm giddy and all, not least on getting a mention in the company of Foster Wallace, Mistry and others.
(The image herewith is Egon Schiele's Semi-Nude Girl, Reclining, a print of which hangs on the wall of Dr. Forrest's octagonal bedchamber... It's that sort of novel...)
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