The Main Cages

by Philip Marsden

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. First edition and first impression, signed and dedicated by author on title page. It appears to have the author's signature and a separate dedication penned to the jacket front. Page block and page edges are tanned, jacket edges lightly worn. Contents clean. AD

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Philip Marsden is the author of a number of works of travel writing, fiction and non-fiction, including The Bronski House, The Spirit Wrestlers and The Levelling Sea. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and his work has been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Cornwall.

Reviews

[Victoria Gill · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Main Cages started strongly - it's a beautifully written, atmospheric, 'snuggly' book that ambles romantically along.

It was about twelve chapters in however that I thought 'nothing's happened' and in spite of the succulent writing my interest waned.

When the predictable, inevitable did happen I felt that I had lost investment in Jack or perhaps I never really felt like I knew him - either way I didn't feel the grief that such a tragedy should evoke and so ultimately, for me, the book failed.

[Denise · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5