But the ten-times-fingering weed to hold you down in the dark where the tide has rolled you

[sovay]

I left the house to meet my mother for ice cream and pick up my copy of Forrest Reid's Brian Westby (1934) from Porter Square Books and there was a box on my front steps.



One copy went home signed with my mother. I'm keeping the rest. They have made this day much, much better.

Comments

[nineweaving]

That's a lovely, lovely sight.

Nine

[sovay]

That's a lovely, lovely sight.

Thank you. I smiled a lot.

[kore]

\o/ !!!!!!!! //inarticulate joy

[sovay]

\o/ !!!!!!!! //inarticulate joy

Thank you!

[ashlyme]

Wow. Fantastic!

(I'll be interested to hear what you make of Forrest Reid. I've only read "The Garden God" and it was too delicate for my patience at the time; I think I'd like it now.")

[sovay]

Wow. Fantastic!

Thank you!

I'll be interested to hear what you make of Forrest Reid.

I enjoyed Brian Westby! It recasts a real-life relationship on the author's part in a way that could have been creepy but comes out far enough from roman à clef that its characters are their own people and the reader can be interested in them without feeling like eavesdropping. The language can be very beautiful and it is very much concerned with the atmosphere of the sea.

[ethelmay]

Amazon just canceled my order due to a "lack of availability." Am starting a complaint on chat now.

[ethelmay]

Aaaand that got nowhere. Apparently I originally ordered it direct from Amazon and it's now only available through an Amazon Marketplace seller? Or was it never directly available on Amazon? I can't view the details of the original order.

[ethelmay]

I have now ordered directly from Lethe.

[sovay]

I have now ordered directly from Lethe.

Thank you for re-ordering. I am sorry for the complications and I am not sure what caused them: when I look at the Amazon page, it tells me the book's in stock, and my publisher also says that Amazon should have plenty of copies; he can't see anything wrong on his end. Please keep me posted.

[ethelmay]

I'm seeing it as available from something called PBShopUS rather than from Amazon proper. But this is something Lethe should worry about, not you. If it is something to worry about, of course -- I could turn out to be making a fuss about nothing.