- Hardcover: 115 pages
- Publisher: Subterranean Press; Limited edition (Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1931081891
- ISBN-13: 978-1931081894
- Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.9 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,106,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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By The Friendly Bookworms "Chris" (Lancashire, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Devils in the Details (Hardcover)
The Devils in the Details is a short, sharp, supremely entertaining collection by two of today's most stylish and distinctive fantasists. These three new stories- two of them solo efforts, the third an inspired collaboration- deal, in their different fashions, with "things of the spirit." Together, they show us Powers and Blaylock at the top of their respective games.
In Tim Power's "Through and Through," a ghostly encounter in a confessional forces an all-too-human priest to confront fundamental questions of guilt, faith, sin, and absolution. In James P. Blaylock's "The Devil in the Details," the twin specters of political correctness and religious diversity lead a harried college administrator into an unforeseen- and ultimately lethal- confrontation. In the collaborative gem, "Fifty Cents", the authors introduce us to an aging widower whose random, ongoing quest for an elusive book leads to a revelatory series of encounters in the haunted wasteland of the Mojave Desert. Complementing these stories- and commenting on them from a variety of perspectives- are an introduction by Powers on the collaborative process, and an afterword by Blaylock on the details behind these particular stories. The result is a resonant little volume that offers a disproportionate helping of wisdom, humor, ingenuity, and sheer narrative delight.
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A Must for Fans of Powers and Blaylock,
By Randy Stafford - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Devils in the Details (Hardcover)
Blaylock and Powers have been collaborating for thirty years, often implicitly influencing each other and sometimes, like here, collaborating on stories with both their names on them. Fans of either should appreciate the brief account of that collaboration in this book's afterward and introduction and, specifically, the comments on the volume's three stories.As is typical for his shorter work, Powers abandons his characteristic secret histories. In "Through and Through", a weary, lukewarm priest confronts a ghost in the confessional and rethinks the power and significance of Catholic ritual. But, if we don't get an epic combining of magic and history, Powers still works in some interesting thoughts on the Garden of Eden. The modern obsession with inclusivity on college campuses is satirized in Blaylock's "The Devil in the Details". A college president's attempt to build a Christian chapel is thwarted by forces both silly and sinister. I must admit that I appreciated and understood Powers' and Blaylock's collaboration "Fifty Cents" more after reading Blaylock's afterward. But, even on the first reading, the protagonist's quest -- searching in used bookstores for a book once given to him by his dead wife -- and the odd characters he meets in his drive through the desert Southwest, kept me interested. Each story gets its own introductory illustration, and Blaylock's afterword is in the form of an inserted pamphlet. Collectors or fans of either of these authors will want this book not only for the stories but the accounts of a longstanding literary friendship. |
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