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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 5 years ago
This is a very atmospheric story: although not the usual haunting. It's presented as the oral history of an up-and-coming British folk band in the 60s and the story of what happened the summer their producer sent them to a decaying manor house in the middle of nowhere to rehearse and write material ...
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 7 years ago
"Wylding Hall," tells the story of a group of folk-rock musicians who spend the summer of 1972 in a remote Manor House in the wilds of Hampshire to put their second album together. By the end of the summer, the lead singer, a beautiful but shy young man who is fascinated by the "Magik" with a K, Ali...
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 8 years ago
I'm almost done with March's reviewing and then I only have some comics to get done, which I can talk about a day! So easy. I'm going to force myself to catch up before I read anything new, and that's a good incentive: if I slack off too much, I fall behind on comics and I have a huuuuge stack o...
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books!
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books! rated it 9 years ago
Who would know that I would like a book about a occasional drug-using, petty thief, woman that's life has become stagnate after some early semi-fame. She's sent to interview one of the women she admires and finds out the woman doesn't know her and that there's some strange things happening. There's ...
Cynically Speaking
Cynically Speaking rated it 9 years ago
Well, I was forewarned this was edgy. Our heroine, Ms. Neary, is almost unlikable. The book is described as a mystery, but it is not presented as a mystery. Nor does the NYC hard drinking, pill-popping, post-middle-aged, bookstore stockroom clerk, briefly famous (in her 20's) photographer go looki...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it 10 years ago
The members of a British folk band are spending the summer at Wylding Hall, composing music for the next album. But there is something mysterious with the manor and the groups lead singer, Julian Blake disappears within the manor and is never seen again. Many years later the surviving musicians and ...
It's a Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad World rated it 10 years ago
The members of a British folk band are spending the summer at Wylding Hall, composing music for the next album. But there is something mysterious with the manor and the group's lead singer, Julian Blake disappears within the manor and is never seen again.Many years later the surviving musicians and ...
alwaysbooks
alwaysbooks rated it 10 years ago
I loved this chilling tale - plenty of atmosphere. Wouldn't like to stay at this place though! The one thing which spoilt it for me was the mistake towards the end. The hall is in Hampshire so there would be a lot of police stations nearer than Canterbury in KENT which is at least 90 miles away!!
Burgoo
Burgoo rated it 10 years ago
A brilliant mix of contemporary fantasy and vintage English folk rock. Highly recommended.
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
In 1972 a folk-rock band retreated to a crumbling Tudor manor house to work on songs for their second album. The guitarist disappeared, never to be heard from again. No one knows exactly what happened. Wylding Hall, by Elizabeth Hand, is composed of interview material from the surviving band members...
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