I love Ransome, as I went on about not so long ago. He is remarkably able to give his young characters kids' feelings (as I remember them at this great distance) utterly without sentimentality.
Indeed. I don't like too much goo in my fiction, but at the same time I do like characters to be well fleshed-out emotionally (well, you know what I mean, I'm not a wordsmith, esp not this evening).
Although the Walkers and Blacketts are lots of fun, I have a great fondness for Coot Club and Big Six. Great Yarmouth completely entranced me. Ransome has such love for what he describes.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject