ressurectionist: James McGee
Posted 22nd September 2008 at 05:34 PM by Ezteq
OK so if you read my previous post about the book Ratcatcher you'll be aware of the characters etc for this book which is the sequal...if not then bugger off and go read it because im not sdding typing it all again just for you lazy oiks!
Anyhoo, we're back in the 1800s and Hawkwood finds some grizzley going ons to do with the sack em up men (grave robbers to you and i), in the first chapter we find ourselves in a graveyard where there is a body!...har har yeah alright but this one isn't meant to be there, well technically i guess he is because he is dead but! ...But usually dead bodies in graveyards are under zee ground not crucified to a tree with their teeth and tounge ripped out, am i right?
te story soon leads us to Bethlem (otherwise known as Bedlam) hospital and the practices and patients therein are as gruesome as you can imagine, and with Mr McGees wonderfully researched work it is not fiction, you can be sure that such conditions actually existed.
The story its self leads us through the dark underbelly of London andthe treatment of the dead for medical research purposes, some of which were considered ghastly abominations at the time and youll be amused to see these same practices are commonly accepted today (for example transfusions and transplantations).
The story is a bit like Hannibal Lecter goes victorian, there is plenty of action and wonderfully dark dry humour to keep you busy and I must say the book is a pleasure, the writing is great and the subject has been toroughly researched, which also makes is educational!
If you like action and adventure, blood and guts, gin and cadavers, you'll love this book.
Anyhoo, we're back in the 1800s and Hawkwood finds some grizzley going ons to do with the sack em up men (grave robbers to you and i), in the first chapter we find ourselves in a graveyard where there is a body!...har har yeah alright but this one isn't meant to be there, well technically i guess he is because he is dead but! ...But usually dead bodies in graveyards are under zee ground not crucified to a tree with their teeth and tounge ripped out, am i right?
te story soon leads us to Bethlem (otherwise known as Bedlam) hospital and the practices and patients therein are as gruesome as you can imagine, and with Mr McGees wonderfully researched work it is not fiction, you can be sure that such conditions actually existed.
The story its self leads us through the dark underbelly of London andthe treatment of the dead for medical research purposes, some of which were considered ghastly abominations at the time and youll be amused to see these same practices are commonly accepted today (for example transfusions and transplantations).
The story is a bit like Hannibal Lecter goes victorian, there is plenty of action and wonderfully dark dry humour to keep you busy and I must say the book is a pleasure, the writing is great and the subject has been toroughly researched, which also makes is educational!
If you like action and adventure, blood and guts, gin and cadavers, you'll love this book.
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