Fiction

[MadArchitect]

Interesting that you should mention Davies. I just finished his collection of short, tongue-in-cheek ghost stories, "High Spirits", which was light but enjoyable, with a few genuinely creepy touches here and there. Those stories were written for a particular context, though -- he told one each Christmas to the faculty of the college of which he was headmaster -- and I get the feeling that they're more the icing than the cake so far as Davies' literary career is involved. I'm interested in checking out some full-blown novels of his; since you say the Depford trilogy left a lasting impression, I may feel inclined towards those, rather than some of his other works. Is that the one that begins with "The Lyre of Orpheus"?