Status Updates From Nebeske reke

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Early in the summer, the General Board of Health issued a warning that anything giving off a strong and unpleasant smell must be burned or otherwise disposed of – and that invariably means discharged into the Thames. Now the river, heaving with flotsam and jetsam, can barely flow; neither gushing nor rippling bright and blue, it simply slithers, sluggish and grey like a cold-blooded reptile.

Wow. Wow wow wow wow is literally all I can say. Written so beautifully, I’m in love with the characters, especially Arthur’s story which is obviously a focal point but I’m eating it up.