· "The Wise Friend" Book Review Written by Stuart D. Monroe. Published by Flame Tree Press. Written by Ramsey Campbell , pages, Fiction Released on April 23rd, /5. THE WISE FRIEND (FICTION WITHOUT FRONTIERS) BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL. “An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that” - Guillermo del Toro. Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical. "The Wise Friend is a lyrical and trippy build of the uncanny to a crescendo of the weird. No one writes horror like Ramsey Campbell, or transforms the mundane world in such strange, ghastly and wondrous ways. Still the most distinctive living voice in the field. The Poet Laureate of the supernatural in fiction." -- /5().
Ramsey Campbell is known as an absolute master for a reason." "The Wise Friend is a masterclass of unease and narrative drive, and pretty much un-putdownable." "Engaging, thrilling, and a horribly-addictive page-turning horror novel. The Wise Friend Ramsey Campbell. Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool in and still lives on Merseyside. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as "Britain's most respected living horror writer". He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror. "The Wise Friend is a lyrical and trippy build of the uncanny to a crescendo of the weird. No one writes horror like Ramsey Campbell, or transforms the mundane world in such strange, ghastly and wondrous ways. Still the most distinctive living voice in the field. The Poet Laureate of the supernatural in fiction." Adam Nevill.
"The Wise Friend is a lyrical and trippy build of the uncanny to a crescendo of the weird. No one writes horror like Ramsey Campbell, or transforms the mundane world in such strange, ghastly and wondrous ways. Still the most distinctive living voice in the field. The Poet Laureate of the supernatural in fiction." -- Adam Nevill. The Wise Friend is an extremely patient book that will frustrate you a bit at first with its slow start. The first third (the discovery portion) is reminiscent of the quieter parts of Clive Barker’s classic, Weaveworld. Campbell’s mastery of the English language gives power to the descriptions in such a way that your mind’s eye can’t close even when it wants to. February 9, Rougeski Cosmic Horror 0. T he Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell may very well turn out to be Campbell’s magnum opus. On the surface it appears to be a marvelous, mystical tale of cosmic horror, one that evokes inexplicable evil up from deep beneath the earth, into the ordinary world of a broken, English family.
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