In this reworking of the story of Merlin, the legendary wizard is intended by Lucifer to be born as the anti-Christ. Instead he creates a half-man, half-devil who relives the bawdy intimacies of Camelot from within the prison of a crystal cave.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Robert Nye, like Peter Ackroyd, has always allowed a certain quality of fantasy and vulgarity into his work and while the chief tone of this wonderful book is elegaic, you will find much that is absolutely original, the work of a first class literary novelist. Yet, like Hawksmoor, this novel offers a strange, uneasy sense of shifting time, of great unseen forces at play. Don't confuse this with all the 'Arthurian' fantasies which came after it. Nye, like Henry Treece (who wrote The Great Captains, another fine Arthurian
tale, even earlier) is first and foremost a poet and his language rises to glorious heights in this.
While a literary novel, this book also deserves to be counted amongst the great classics of fantasy,
including T.H.White, Lord Dunsany and J.R.R.Tolkien. It should not be left out of the canon. It is definitely one of the best, if not the talented Nye's own best novel. This is a critic, poet and novelist we have not seen enough of recently.
tale, even earlier) is first and foremost a poet and his language rises to glorious heights in this.
While a literary novel, this book also deserves to be counted amongst the great classics of fantasy,
including T.H.White, Lord Dunsany and J.R.R.Tolkien. It should not be left out of the canon. It is definitely one of the best, if not the talented Nye's own best novel. This is a critic, poet and novelist we have not seen enough of recently.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By "misterz21"
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Yet another anarchic interpretation of myth by Robert Nye. In addition to the stories of Faust and Bluebeard, Mr Nye delivers Merlin's tale in a humorous, poetic but dirty fashion which will have readers laughing throughout. Beware: a sense of irony and theological humour are needed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By L O'connor
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In this book Merlin relates his own life story, and it is extremely funny. The book starts with his account of his own conception, his mother, a naive virgin, is impregnated by a devil disguised as a priest. The intention is that Merlin should become the Antichrist, but it all goes horribly wrong when he is baptised with holy water as soon as he is born, making him unsuitable for Antichristhood. And so the book continues, incredibly bawdy, scatalogical and very funny as we learn what Merlin thinks of King Arthur (not much), and hear about some goings-on among the Knights of the Round Table that are not mentioned in Tennyson. This book does not quite have the depth and richness of Nye's earlier novel 'Falstaff', but it is still extremely funny. Serious Arthurian scholars may find it upsetting, unless they have a sense of humour.
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