ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI (Author of The Spellbinders)

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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book really liked it Forth into Light (The Peter & Charlie Trilogy Book 3) by Gordon Merrick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book really liked it One for the Gods (Peter & Charlie Trilogy) by Gordon Merrick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book it was ok Parisian Lives (Stonewall Inn Editions) by Samuel M. Steward	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Interesting reconstruction of pre-WW2 gay Paris, with enough name-dropping and details to make it feel authentic, though from a quick google search some of the details are incorrect (it seems Cocteau’s Orphee was a work of the 40s, so the narrator co ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book really liked it Storia di un patrimonio - preceduto da "Il delitto di Fausto Diamante" by Giovanni Comisso	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Both these works are strangely compelling. Storia di un patrimonio has the feel of a tale rather than a novel, despite its length, with minimal dialogue and long intervals of time compressed into a few words. Il Delitto di Fausto Diamante, being more ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book really liked it Now The Day Is Over by Marion Husband (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An original twist on Husband’s signature tales of tormented same-sex attracted WW1 veterans and the women who love them. Inspired.
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book liked it The Dog at Clambercrown: An Excursion by Jocelyn Brooke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a composite work, but the different components don’t sit easily together. I don’t know if there is a record of how the novel was created, but my feeling is that it came about in the form of a patchwork of mostly previously written material. I ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book it was amazing Gemini by Michel Tournier	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Everything that can feel contrived about queer theory (as a social theory) lends itself wonderfully to fictional treatment in this mind-bending philosophical novel. (The theory of course supervened on novels such as this, not the other way round, exp ...more
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ALEARDO ZANGHELLINI rated a book it was amazing Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A subtle, superbly narrated psychological study — not just of the eponymous character. On its surface it is a 19th century tale of romance, honour, adventure, and Empire; but ante-litteram modernist undercurrents make it ripple throughout with self-d ...more
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Forth into Light (The Peter & Charlie Trilogy Book 3)
by Gordon Merrick

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I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular reason (maybe a sense of urgency about reading more ‘worthwhile’ authors first, because, you know, I could die tomorrow, etc). Now, I finally read in quick succession One for the Gods and Forth into the Light. I’m going to leave a joint review. For sheer enjoyment and the compulsive quality of the reading experience, these both score five. They’re quite different books. One for the Gods is very much about the evolving relationship between Charlie and Peter, and whether it can survive infidelity and Charlie’s heavy handed way of dealing with it. Forth into the Light retains these kinds of themes, but they stay comparatively in the background, before becoming central again towards the end of the book. Instead, centre stage is taken by other characters and their own fraught relationships and infidelities; it is also more plot-driven than One for the Gods (there are puzzles to solve, problems to fix, etc). The books are sometimes overwrought (hence my 4 star rating), especially the conceit of the ‘monumental phallus’. Yet, one must concede that Merrick does an improbably good job of integrating the idea of Charlie’s massive cock into the story (meaning that other people’s, as well as his own, obsession with it is the source of a lot of what happens and transpires in both books). The most remarkable aspect about the books, though, is that while so many elements, in different hands, would have resulted in a trashy piece of work, it never turns out that way in Merrick’s treatment. I suspect this is primarily due to the characters’ convincing psychology, and the depth in which Merrick looks into it, leaving no stone unturned. Personally, Merrick’s interest in the theme of fidelity resonates with me, and I love how he avoids easy answers (neither dismissing fidelity as a bourgeois hangover, nor condemning his characters for slipping; and finding silver linings even in the slips, without thereby justifying them). I was massively put off by Charlie’s behaviour towards the end of Forth into the Light, but whatever — it’s not like we hadn’t been told he’s messed up. ...more

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One for the Gods (Peter & Charlie Trilogy)
by Gordon Merrick

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I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular I read the Lord Won’t Mind rather a long time ago and I recall thoroughly enjoying it, with a lingering sense of mild embarrassment— for surely (from memory) this wasn’t upmarket fiction? I have been putting off reading the sequels for no particular reason (maybe a sense of urgency about reading more ‘worthwhile’ authors first, because, you know, I could die tomorrow, etc). Now, I finally read in quick succession One for the Gods and Forth into the Light. I’m going to leave a joint review. For sheer enjoyment and the compulsive quality of the reading experience, these both score five. They’re quite different books. One for the Gods is very much about the evolving relationship between Charlie and Peter, and whether it can survive infidelity and Charlie’s heavy handed way of dealing with it. Forth into the Light retains these kinds of themes, but they stay comparatively in the background, before becoming central again towards the end of the book. Instead, centre stage is taken by other characters and their own fraught relationships and infidelities; it is also more plot-driven than One for the Gods (there are puzzles to solve, problems to fix, etc). The books are sometimes overwrought (hence my 4 star rating), especially the conceit of the ‘monumental phallus’. Yet, one must concede that Merrick does an improbably good job of integrating the idea of Charlie’s massive cock into the story (meaning that other people’s, as well as his own, obsession with it is the source of a lot of what happens and transpires in both books). The most remarkable aspect about the books, though, is that while so many elements, in different hands, would have resulted in a trashy piece of work, it never turns out that way in Merrick’s treatment. I suspect this is primarily due to the characters’ convincing psychology, and the depth in which Merrick looks into it, leaving no stone unturned. Personally, Merrick’s interest in the theme of fidelity resonates with me, and I love how he avoids easy answers (neither dismissing fidelity as a bourgeois hangover, nor condemning his characters for slipping; and finding silver linings even in the slips, without thereby justifying them). I was massively put off by Charlie’s behaviour towards the end of Forth into the Light, but whatever — it’s not like we hadn’t been told he’s messed up. ...more

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Parisian Lives (Stonewall Inn Editions)
by Samuel M. Steward

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Interesting reconstruction of pre-WW2 gay Paris, with enough name-dropping and details to make it feel authentic, though from a quick google search some of the details are incorrect (it seems Cocteau’s Orphee was a work of the 40s, so the narrator co ...more

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Storia di un patrimonio - preceduto da "Il delitto di Fausto Diamante"
by Giovanni Comisso

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Both these works are strangely compelling. Storia di un patrimonio has the feel of a tale rather than a novel, despite its length, with minimal dialogue and long intervals of time compressed into a few words. Il Delitto di Fausto Diamante, being more ...more

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Now The Day Is Over
by Marion Husband (Goodreads Author)

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An original twist on Husband’s signature tales of tormented same-sex attracted WW1 veterans and the women who love them. Inspired.

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The Dog at Clambercrown by Jocelyn Brooke

The Dog at Clambercrown: An Excursion
by Jocelyn Brooke

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This is a composite work, but the different components don’t sit easily together. I don’t know if there is a record of how the novel was created, but my feeling is that it came about in the form of a patchwork of mostly previously written material. I ...more

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Gemini
by Michel Tournier

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Everything that can feel contrived about queer theory (as a social theory) lends itself wonderfully to fictional treatment in this mind-bending philosophical novel. (The theory of course supervened on novels such as this, not the other way round, exp ...more

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Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad

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A subtle, superbly narrated psychological study — not just of the eponymous character. On its surface it is a 19th century tale of romance, honour, adventure, and Empire; but ante-litteram modernist undercurrents make it ripple throughout with self-d ...more

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