First published in 1968, Ted Hughes’s classic tale is a powerful tribute to peace on earth - and in all the universe. Read The Iron Man book review A mysterious creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified - and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. Where has he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. ... read more
Posted: December 31st, 2008 by Lee | No Comments Filed under Andrew Davidson, Ted Hughes
Indra has reviewed The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. Strangely told by a nameless narrator, The Gargoyle is a tale of love, pain, transformation and more. The narrator, is involved in a serious car accident causing horrendous burns to his body, forcing him into hospital for many months to under go numerous painful surgeries and rehabilitation. During the stay in hospital he is visited by a beautiful, mysterious woman in her thirties who, unlike his so-called friends, doesn’t flee at the ... read more
Posted: October 20th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments Filed under Andrew Davidson
