Richard Horsman

Richard Horsman has read Ducdame.

“ A chronicle of malice, privilege, madness and love, set against a wild natural background. Not a million miles distant from Powys' first novel Wood and Stone, but starting to show the mythic and... ” (see full review)

• Rated 4 stars

Richard Horsman has read After My Fashion.

“ A "lost" manuscript published long after Powys' death, "After My Fashion" is an interesting if straightforward study of the conflict between fidelity and freedom, with heaping helpings of petty... ” (see full review)

• Rated 3 stars

Richard Horsman has read Descents of Memory: The Life of John Cowper Powys.

“ A complex and frequently painful life of Powys, particularly where it details his manias and obsessions and how they both enriched and damaged his life and the lives of his loved ones. ” (see full review)

• Rated 4 stars

Richard Horsman has read Sexton Blake: Detective (Sexton Blake Library).

“ A great collection of Sexton Blake stories and novellas from the 20s and 30s, but one constantly marred by OCR-based typos and other instance of poor proofreading (including one novella that's... ” (see full review)

• Rated 3 stars

Richard Horsman has read Vampire Hunter D.

“ Kind of a fun story, but with appallingly bad writing, though I don't know whether that's the original author's fault or the translator's. ”

• Rated 2 stars