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Fearful Lovers
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- GenresShort Stories
152 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Robert Westall
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Robert Westall was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England in 1929.
His first published book The Machine Gunners (1975) which won him the Carnegie Medal is set in World War Two when a group of children living on Tyneside retrieve a machine-gun from a crashed German aircraft. He won the Carnegie Medal again in 1981 for The Scarecrows, the first writer to win it twice. He won the Smarties Prize in 1989 for Blitzcat and the Guardian Award in 1990 for The Kingdom by the Sea. Robert Westall's books have been published in 21 different countries and in 18 different languages, including Braille.
From: http://www.robertwestall.com/
Robert Westall was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England in 1929.
His first published book The Machine Gunners (1975) which won him the Carnegie Medal is set in World War Two when a group of children living on Tyneside retrieve a machine-gun from a crashed German aircraft. He won the Carnegie Medal again in 1981 for The Scarecrows, the first writer to win it twice. He won the Smarties Prize in 1989 for Blitzcat and the Guardian Award in 1990 for The Kingdom by the Sea. Robert Westall's books have been published in 21 different countries and in 18 different languages, including Braille.
From: http://www.robertwestall.com/
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May 26, 2026
Another reread for a favourite short story collection. In Camera, Charlie Ferber and Henry Marlborough are stand-outs, and there's only one dud (the second story, Beelzebub). It was published as a children's book in 1992 but all the protagonists are adults.
Along with the novel 'Falling Into Glory', this feels like Westall at his wisest and kindest (though still clear-eyed about human weakness and cruelty). The author worked as a teacher and for the Samaritans and something of that filters through in the writing.
Along with the novel 'Falling Into Glory', this feels like Westall at his wisest and kindest (though still clear-eyed about human weakness and cruelty). The author worked as a teacher and for the Samaritans and something of that filters through in the writing.
October 4, 2018
Not Westall's strongest collection. The supernaturalism here is gentle and mostly unthreatening, with none of the skillful evocation of dread in the manner of M.R. James which characterizes Westall's best weird fiction. Although very readable and never uninteresting, these stories are probably too light to leave a lasting impression.
May 30, 2018
Ibland är det skönt att tömma hjärnan...
Främst Lusagubbens lilla otäcka unge Belsebub gör den värd läsningen.
Främst Lusagubbens lilla otäcka unge Belsebub gör den värd läsningen.
December 20, 2023
5 short stories with very bizarre, confusing and creepy endings. Gave it 2 stars for the graphic enough descriptions but where is the plot really? 🫠🥴
April 30, 2016
A very short book containing 5 stories. I'm still not sure what they all had in common. Each was very different than the other. At this point of reflection I can't even say I had a favourite. The story of the cat Charlie was intriguing but still very odd. The first story about the found camera and the photos that were printed from the film would have been a different tale of it was written recently. Am I glad I read it? I'm still not sure.
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