The Mikes hit the road with the mysterious Linda, and listen to the first of the three F. G. Cottam books on the table. Discussing the book in a hotel room in the savage beating outskirts of Rapid City, South Dakota, we parse the plot and subtleties of the novel and ultimately find it to be quite spooky.
It's Cocktail Time!
I Can't Abide the Stench of It!
In a cocktail shaker with ice, pour:
- 2 shots of gin
- liquor of 1 oyster
- a couple shots of your favorite hot sauce
Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon or lime or, better, the oyster.
Chin chin!
special closing music: "The Roses of Picardy" by John McCormack
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On the whole you were very kind about this novel, which is almost wholly an Edwardian homage. The first encounter between Creed and Stride is a nod to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story openings. The Great War stuff was inspired by Housman's A Shropshire Lad. The contrapuntal ending is how I imagine Chesterton or H.G. Wells would have ended the story (if that doesn't sound too conceited).
Beyond that there's the Gothic element and you were bang on about Patrick Ross and Frankenstein's creation. Then there's the flapping amputees, a sight I experienced first-hand at a veterans' hostel as a very young child and have never forgotten.
Thanks for discussing the book. However I'll pass on the cocktail...
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