I didn't know there was a sequel to The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals, but when I found out, I knew I had to read it. The story is so atmospheric and dark, even gross in one instance, but the reader was allowed to come up for air in the end and walk away astounded.Īn outstanding experience! I wish I had time to really think and write a review. There's so much to think about! It's definitely a historical fiction experience, with women's issues being the mainstays in the book. I'm in a hurry, won't have time this week to write a review, but thought I just wanted to shelve it for now. I constantly reread passages to just take it in one more time. The subtle humor in the book was so brilliantly applied. Darcy, or Hercules Poirot, but endeared himself to many an enchanted female reader for sure. Wilfred Price of Narberth, Wales can be added to the list of all-time favorite classic literary characters to be remembered and revered. However, I constantly waited for something really bad to happen, but in the end it turned out to be the opposite and I closed the book with a huge sigh of relief. The elements in the book were just too bizarre, surreal, too creative-writing unique. I did not experience the book as a light, humorous read. The prose was just so well done, I could not get enough. I haven't read the first book in the series and probably won't read the third one, but as a standalone it was an excellent novel. This was an amazing read in so many ways.
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