Ah, I've just started reading it. Just last week for the first time. Found a second hand copy. So far so good but somewhat darker than Midsummer, denser but even more packed with imagery and abstraction. Your preference?
He gets a bit of stick for being mellifluous but I thought A Rose for Winter was a masterpiece. There’s a scene in the cemetery above Sacromonte that’s always stuck with me.
‘At the time you could have bought the whole coast for £150. Not emperors could buy it now’
Is that a quote from LL?
Yep. I think I got it right. It could be from A Rose for Winter
Ah, I've just started reading it. Just last week for the first time. Found a second hand copy. So far so good but somewhat darker than Midsummer, denser but even more packed with imagery and abstraction. Your preference?
He gets a bit of stick for being mellifluous but I thought A Rose for Winter was a masterpiece. There’s a scene in the cemetery above Sacromonte that’s always stuck with me.
Thanks, James. I'll look forward to that scene and remember you when I get there. (The scene, not the cemetery, I mean!)