![]() It’s a time of scientific study and intellectual debate and Frankenstein becomes obsessed by the possibility of reanimating a corpse. ![]() The titular narrator is Swiss who comes to Oxford to study and there meets Percy Bysshe Shelley whom he follows to London. “The Casebook Of Victor Frankenstein” is a reimagining of the classic horror story. In fact the one I liked the least was the work which made his name “Hawksmoor” which I was disappointed in when I read it in 1998. I do tend to favour him as a non-fiction writer as some of his novels haven’t really blown me away. His best as far as I am concerned is his mammoth, superbly researched “London: A Biography” (2000) (My Book Of The Year in 2002) with other titles “Dan Leno & The Limehouse Golem” (1994), “The House Of Doctor Dee” (1993) and non-fiction works such as “The Life Of Thomas More” (1998) and “Albion” (2004) all featuring strongly in my end of year Top 10’s in the year I read them. ![]() Ackroyd’s work spans both fiction and non-fiction. ![]() (Christopher Fowler is a few books ahead of these). This book pushes Peter Ackroyd above Charles Dickens to become my second most read author of the last 25 years. ![]()
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