Nik Maack’s Reviews > The Black Halo: The Complete English Stories 1977-98 > Status Update

Skipped the story "Mr Trill in Hades", which is all about Greek mythology being retold with more accurate details and I was bored out of my mind.

I bought this in a used bookstore in Edinburgh while on vacation. The store owner told me that the book had sat unsold on his shelves for 19 years. I told him I'd bought the book intuitively, not even knowing why I was buying it. "But I've come to trust my intuition." I think he was disappointed by my answer. But I just finished the first story and it was brilliant.