![]() ![]() ‘Melmoth’ is a gothic chiller Bearing witness Where The Essex Serpent teased with its scant “did they/didn’t they?” sightings of a mysterious sea beastie, and focused instead on the interplay between its complex cast, Melmoth is most definitely a character rather than a concept. One thing I can say in good faith about Melmoth is that there is no lack of supernatural in its pages. ![]() It’s embarrassing to admit, but once I began to read, I was a little disappointed that this luminous meditation on faith and rationalism, love and loyalty, peopled with fascinating characters, was a bit light on, you know, serpents. ![]() When I first caught sight of Sarah Perry’s award-winning second book, The Essex Serpent, I was drawn in by its title and its hard-backed cover, covered with sinuous, snaky loops – as well as all the people raving about it. ![]()
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