The book nerd in me couldn’t help but enjoy these tales. There’s mysterious diaries, terrifying grimoires and an antiquarian bookshop run by a pervert. His characters, like those of James, share his interests, and his passion for old books creeps into several of the stories here. He was an antiquarian book dealer, a librarian at Cambridge and the President of the Bibliographical Society. James, and James’s influence can be felt in every one of these tales. It’s a collection of ghost stories that were written while the author was being detained in a prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany. The Alabaster Hand is the only work of fiction by Alan Noel Latimer Munby that was ever published. I promised myself I would read all of the horror fiction referenced in The Ceremonies, but after attempting to read the truly atrocious Ingoldsby Legends, I had to wait a while before going any further with Klein’s recommendations. Klein’s The Ceremonies mentions that this book is on his shelf. Munby Four Square – 1963 (Originally published 1949)
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