I Read Stories: My Struggle
My Struggle
Lavie Tidhar’s Hallowe’en story about a Hitler who fails to come to power and becomes a private detective in 1938 London. He gets involved with a complicated plot about finding the spear of destiny. It’s savagely tough on the protagonist because Tidhar has no mercy for him. The story walks a delicate line between revenge fantasy, noir crime and occult mystery, sometimes putting a toe a little out of place, though in forgivable ways.
The frame story is gutting.
Read This: For a Hallowe’en story whose horror is that it is less than the real horror
Don’t Read This: If Hitler as a private detective has no interest for you
Lavie Tidhar’s Hallowe’en story about a Hitler who fails to come to power and becomes a private detective in 1938 London. He gets involved with a complicated plot about finding the spear of destiny. It’s savagely tough on the protagonist because Tidhar has no mercy for him. The story walks a delicate line between revenge fantasy, noir crime and occult mystery, sometimes putting a toe a little out of place, though in forgivable ways.
The frame story is gutting.
Read This: For a Hallowe’en story whose horror is that it is less than the real horror
Don’t Read This: If Hitler as a private detective has no interest for you
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