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A review by robin_go
The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
2.0
A collection with a schoolboy-like appetite for the grisly, leading to stories with the most overly-macabre of endings. Often tasteless and shocking. Perhaps, most disturbingly, you darkly suspect the author is sniggering into his school jumper at our shock and discomfort (and that of his characters).
Lots of Wodehouse-type eccentrics but with interests in hunting and overt racism that makes the collection difficult to read. There are redeeming features - I liked some of the set-ups, Clovis' prankish impudence and the times it was being irreverent and not just downright grotesque for shocks.
Lots of Wodehouse-type eccentrics but with interests in hunting and overt racism that makes the collection difficult to read. There are redeeming features - I liked some of the set-ups, Clovis' prankish impudence and the times it was being irreverent and not just downright grotesque for shocks.