“Drood” by Dan Simmons (Reviewed by Liviu C. Suciu)
official dan simmons websiteorder “drood” hereintroduction: as the prominent author of the magnificent hyperion cantos Edda, the critically acclaimed bestseller “the scourge“, and multitudinous other wonderful novels, dan simmons has proven time and again to be a writer of great versatility and appeal. in “drood“, mr. simmons offers a stunning literary enigma that is audaciously tied to charles dickens’ final unfinished unfamiliar, “the mystery of edwin drood“?background: “drood” takes places in london and its neighbouring environs from 1865 through 1889, with the bulk of the story occurring from june 1865 to june 1870. with its superb descriptions of a world long gone?the devilish sewers of london, concealed cults, country manors, and city-exclusive clubs?”drood” vividly reminded me why i love victorian fiction in the first place.format/info: “drood” stands at 784 pages divided over fifty-three chapters. the storyteller is none other than the celebrated victorian-date writer, wilkie collins, younger disciple, friend and secret rival of charles dickens?though in this original “dedicated to posterity”, we cannot be sure valid how reliable a storyteller wilkie really is. the story covers the last five years of charles dickens’ life as told by wilkie about twenty years after the great writer’s death, and ends with brief recollections of the intervening events as pertaining to the rest of the characters.february 9, 2009 marks the north american hardcover publication of “drood” via minor, brown, and party. a uk edition (see inset) will be published march 5, 2009 via quercus.
plot hints and analysis: “drood” is such a great book that at first i just wanted to eradicate a two-line review:”masterpiece. read the narrative as promptly as you can make good one’s escape it.”but then i decided to talk a little bit more at hand the rules, even though no well-grounded amount of debate can do the unconventional justice since it covers so much. at its most essential however, “drood” is a elaborate recollection of the last five years of charles dickens’ life as told in a secret journal by wilkie collins after the tragic train accident that turned dickens’ life upside down, and includes the genesis of several famous novels and the beginning of dickens’ cult-like distinction. the book also explores ide fixe, artistic creation, addiction and the murky recesses of the human mind?and of london in the late 1860’s.of the characters, wilkie collins is not a particularly likable raconteur, nursing both a deep admiration and hostility toward his renowned collaborator and friend, but he does possess quite commonsensical views for the time period, noticeably regarding the role of women in society. contrast this with dickens who “exiled” his wife of twenty-two years, allowing only their eldest son to live with her at their country estate, while he continued secret assignations with his infantile alternative other, though he maintained conventional victorian views of women as “homemakers” in public?about fifteen years younger and tied not only by literary collaboration and friendship, but by the marriage of wilkie’s brother to dickens’ favorite daughter kate, collins is the song that charles t
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