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Air & Fire: A Novel
In the 1890s, 'Lower California' is a land adrift, peopled by Indians and half-breeds, and now by the French as well. The Indians are indifferent to Western notions of time and industry. The French, on the other hand, are sufficiently meticulous to import 2,348 pieces of cast iron to the desolate mining town of Santa Sofia, there to be assembled into a church under the sup...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
May 30th 1995
by Vintage
(first published April 15th 1993)
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This was my first read of Rupert Thomson and I will definitely be looking for his other books. Perhaps I so enjoyed this book because it took place In Baja Calif Sur where I currently live, but I really feel his writing style was incredible. His descriptions took you right along with him and I loved how he wove Mexican folklore into the story. His characters were vividly alive, in fact we run into some of them here in Baja even now.
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Rupert Thomson has attempted a huge range of styles in his career, to varied success. This historical romance, set in the scorching heat of the wild west is fantastic. Hugely evocative of a very harsh environment and ludicrously stuffy people. Beautiful.
thompson can be a tad to versatile. this novel left me a little cold it seemed to be his stab at writing Oscar and Lucinda
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