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FLUDD........have you read it?

18 years ago

Years ago I read FLUDD and recall liking it.

I cannot for the life of me remember the gist of the story today......am I losing it!? ....or has it been stuffed under a heap of book memories since reading it!??

Can someone refresh my memory?!

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thyrkas
18 years ago
yoyobon - I am guessing that FLUDD is the shortened form of a book title, but I don't know which book. Could you elucidate? Thanks.
friedag
18 years ago
Yvonne, I'm assuming you mean Hilary Mantel's Fludd about the strange fellow who appears in the dreary English village to take up the position as curate, only he might be someone (something) else altogether.

I read it several years ago and don't recall many of the details, but I do remember that it was wickedly witty in parts and also a bit spooky. The eccentric characters -- for one, I think the priest was actually an atheist -- reminded me, as much of Mantel's writing does, of Muriel Spark at her most ironic.

Does that help ring any bells? I wish I could remember more. Maybe I need to read it again. I think it was rather short, unlike some of Mantel's super doorstopper historicals.
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yoyobon_gw
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18 years ago
Friedag.......thanks!! You have stirred a memory of the story line......but it is obvious that I need to reread it.
As I recall it was a good little read!

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