Children of Darkness and Light

by Nicholas Mosley

Reports are reaching London that a group of children in Cumbria have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary. Harry, a journalist with a drink problem, is sent to investigate. What he finds defies comprehension, but most bafflingly, Harry's visit seems to have been expected.

Genres: Fiction, British Literature

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Nicholas Mosley was educated at Eton and Oxford. He served in Italy during World War II, and published his first novel, Spaces of the Dark, in 1951. His book Hopeful Monsters won the 1990 Whitbread Award.

Mosley was the author of several works of nonfiction, most notably the autobiography Efforts at Truth and a biography of his father, Sir Oswald Mosley, entitled Rules of the Game/Beyond the Pale.

Reviews

[MJ Nicholls]

Read up to p.120. One of those meandering, irritating Mosley novels that become increasingly torturous to wade through (see also Judith and Catastrophe Practice), as all semblance of character and story are lobbed into the skip-fire of blabbering theo-philosophy.

[Hugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm surprised how few reviews there are here of this book. It is a long time since I read it (shortly after reading the better known Hopeful Monsters), but I remember it being compulsively readable, interesting and thought provoking.

[Elizabeth J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like nothing I've read. I'm hooked now to Nicholas Mosley. Excellent turns of phrase. Unique narration: lots of questions the narrator asks, like what we ask all the time inside our heads; it folds neatly into the storytelling. Not afraid to go there on highly taboo issues.

[Dave Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

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