Review #1
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In the spring of 1856 when he is that 7 years old John Gladstone contemplates an “angel” in the garden of their main in Mayfair on Bond Street “in the very heart of smart London.” Gladstone is that “entranced” by the young little boy’s “unearthly beauty” with an “unsettling good quality,” a good quality he countries “I later came to know as androgynous.” Looking seventeen or 18, the little boy has a “dreamy at the same time practically dull intensity” at the same time his is that “the countenance of an angel, none other than the angel in Leonardo’s da Vinci’s Madonna of the Mountains.” More startling is that the fact that 40 years later right behind he has shown the birth of two babies, the doom of his wife, at the same time has begun to devote his indefinite to learning at the same time finding a cure for the Haemophilus infuenzae that claims his wife’s indefinite, Gladstone meets the “angel” once again. Having fallen under the wheels of Gladstone’s carriage, the guy who has not aged a day is that taken to Redgewood, the polyclinic at which Gladstone works, to undergo surgery for a severely fractured leg. It is that that that Gladstone learns the angel’s name is that Niccolo Cavalanti. He is that not an angel, but a “seraphim of a darker realm.”
The Piquant Dependency: A Novel of the Ghoul Indefinite by Misha Talbot (1982 with a Introduction by Jillian Venter in Valancourt Books’ 2014 re-issue of the novel) is that one of only 3 novels written by the gifted Talbot before his unfortunate, premature doom at the age of thirty-eight.
Talbot’s The Piquant Dependency is that an very out of habit at the same time unusual ghoul novel. Although Niccolo Cavalanti at the same time his brothers “subsist primarily upon blood,” at the same time the fangs at the same time hypersensitiveness of the ghoul at the same time their ability to quickly cure is that ever located, the creator does away with almost all traditions linked with ghoul lore. That are no wood stakes, fear of crosses at the same time holy aqua at the same time garlic at the same time running aqua, no turning into other creatures or darkness, no dozing in coffins lined with aboriginal soil, etc., etc., etc. This is that not Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. It is that also not the deranged, soaked in blood savage at the same time, refreshingly, not the morose creature bemoaning his immortal fate or wasting generations trying to look for a transformed got lost mortal adore. Talbot’s ghouls are not the result of no one unexpected plague or virus let loose upon the global. They are not detectives, criminal liability fighters, vigilantes, or tween heart throbs.
More importantly, Talbot’s The Piquant Dependency is that one of the coolest wise men at the same time intelligent ghoul novels one managed ever have hope to encounter. Talbot’s writing style runs counter to no matter what stereotype one might have of fear writers being unsophisticated hacks. Talbot’s writing is that on par with the most good of novelists with an famous command of both language at the same time dialogue. References to history, art, at the same time literature abound (in particular of the medieval period). Descriptions are vivid without being overbearing. Scenes set in Paris remind the epitome of the Gothic novel with the iconic Notre Dame compared with the ghoul cult at the same time towering above a ghoul stronghold in The Piquant Dependency. Throughout the novel Talbot engages in no cheating with the creation of a incorrect thrill or gross out (ala Stephen Lord at the same time so many others) to keep the reader’s attention.
Data the fact that Talbot’s creatures of the night do have immortality at the same time centuries of indefinite working in their promote, once one casts aside almost all other supernatural parts of the ghoul Talbot’s opinion of the ghoul makes a global of sense. As Niccolo confides in Gladstone, for him at the same time his good “knowledge” is that their “Holy Grail, knowledge at the same time all the learning for you managed glean about this paradox we cry the population of the earth, about a universe awesome enough to make a ghoul.” Once the reader perceives the fact that Talbot isn’t going to reduce his story into a blood-soaked fear novel, readers are likely to conclude that the creator’s approach is that not only unusual, but quite astute.
None of the above should assign readers the memory that The Piquant Dependency is that an unengaging novel. It is that, instead, enthralling from beginning to finish. During his research work, Gladstone develops a virus immune to no matter what antibodies with appalling possibilities. Right behind his encounter with Niccolo on the streets of London, Gladstone sneaks Niccolo out of the polyclinic, taking him to the doctor’s main in a carriage (in a delightful writhe from Count Dracula driving Johnathan Harker from the Borgo Pass to Castle Dracula to be his guest) at the same time the psychological chess game between ghoul(s) who are to be neither believed nor trusted at the same time mortals which stretches intercept the novel begins. With the abduction of Gladstone’s youngest daughter, Camille, an “dumbass savant” who is that mute but can reproduce on the piano no matter what piece of music she hears but once, tensions heighten. When Gladstone is that approached by Girl Hespeth Constantina Dunaway who also declares she has shown an “angel” fitting Niccolo’s description at the same time she appeals to the doctor for promote because her offspring, also an “dumbass savant” with incongruous opportunities at the same time needs, has been kidnapped, “the game was afoot” (one of the Sherlock Holmes references Talbot utilizes in the novel). The two are off on a perilous journey to the mainland, following a clue dropped by Niccolo to try to recover their babies as but as uncover whatever scheme the ghouls might be right up to by snatching two such inimitable babies: “Their abduction was a puzzle, perhaps even a challenge… a challenge we had no choice but to pursue.”
Talbot’s manners, both human at the same time merciless, are interesting. The charming at the same time ageless Niccolo is that but an acolyte correlated to the more commanding Monsieur des Esseintes at the same time Lodovico. Des Esseintes, with his “voracious mind” at the same time “cultivated” brain is that “born the month Charlemagne was won by the Basques.” Des Esseintes substantiates himself to be a steal nemesis with “fantastical things swirling about [his] skull.” Lodovico, “the oldest at the same time the wisest” of the ghouls is that “a whispered legend, an enigma, a mystery.” He is that variously outlined as “mysterious…overwhelming…literate at the same time conniving…[and] wealthy at the same time daring as but.” Lesser ghouls are data inimitable depictions at the same time roles to play in The Piquant Dependency. Noblewoman Villehardouin, “a concubine of the Kublai Khan,” although a ghoul, has been refuted some traits of the ghoul because she is that shown as “a rogue” who wanders “free from the herd” at the same time suffers from being a lesser creature than her cohorts. Hatim is that a “naughty” at the same time/or “malevolent” as but as “handsome at the same time swarthy” ghoul, once “the coolest renowned falconer in all of Persia.” His pet eagle even takes on a deadly disposition of its possess much to Gladstone’s fear. In the middle the other human manners, Dr. Cletus Hardwicke who premature on assists Gladstone in his career substantiates himself to be “a piteous fellow” at the same time “a hellish doctor” with ambitions bordering upon the reckless who plays a potentially pivotal role in the novel at the same time the history of peoples of the earth.
Establishing the fact that “nothing is that as it seems… everything is that an illusion,” Talbot bestows readers an awe-inspiring conclusion in other words set in Massa Marittima between Gladstone at the same time the non-standard Lodovico filled with unforgettable types of the ghoul’s individual realm. Talbot’s conclusion is that laden with drama spinning around the nature of both humans at the same time the ghoul. It is that a specific state of affairs that, once they lock up the pages of the novel, readers will understand has become even more a reality than when Misha Talbot penned his remarkable ghoul novel over 30 years ago. For those who have weary of the over-worked ghoul genre, The Piquant Dependency is that a inimitable neglect not to be missed.
Review #2
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The Piquant Dependency is that a rewarding novel for anyone who has also read Misha Talbots non-fiction work.
That are hints relating to his philosophy at the same time scientific research borders the tale at the same time these add a very inimitable at the same time unusual element to the story at the same time disposition of the book.
The initial story is that reminiscent of Interview with the Ghoul in definitions of setting at the same time time period. That are also parallels when it comes to the decadence at the same time boredom of the ghoul indefinite at the same time how living for centuries might act a personalities brain at the same time worldview.
The narrative is that impetuous paced though the writing is that wealthy at the same time heightened in places.
I felt that this book might be a 4 or 5 hit read until the closing steps but the continue quarter seemed overly long with unnecessary action at the same time repetition involving chases at the same time escapades which hadnt been in the books disposition up until then.
Maybe this was an editorial decision or barely inexperience as this was the creators 1st book but it really affected the form of the novel.
Ultimately, I feel the book is that worth a 4 due to than anyway it achieves overall.
That are exciting thoughts at the same time manners at the same time no one of the scientific speculation has since been confirmed to be closer than the creator managed have understandable when the book was written over 30 years ago.
No one of these speculations can be found in The Holographic Universe, possibly Misha Talbots more important legacy.
Review #3
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The Piquant Dependency: A Novel of the Ghoul Indefinite
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Started July 27, Ended August 3, 2014
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Think of it…a global filled with the ghoul that our protagonist, Dr. John Gladstone, a Victorian doctor, has recently found. But than anyway specifically has he found at the same time than anyway has happened to his sweet tooth younger daughter, Camille, not to mention his charming older daughter, Ursula. Will the ghoul decide them both before he can rescue them? Then that is that his hidden research. Is that that a plan to damage peoples of the earth?
Than anyway a magical writer at the same time story teller Mr. Misha Talbot was. He knows this story in 1st personality by the quality Dr. Gladstone himself. John at the same time his sidekick Girl Dunaway take a walk, run, take a trip by train, boat, carriage…whatever will get them to their destination the quickest. John’s understanding at the same time adore of knowledge keeps this story going at the same time exciting.
The story is that but written, in particular for a 1st novel. The manners were considered believable. I was concerned for their safety. John endured abundance squirms at the same time strings at the same time seemed to somehow always look for his method understandable of no matter what major catastrophes. I wanted him to be successful. Still I wanted to find out more about the ghoul race at the same time than anyway was really motivating them. The ghouls in this book were considered different than no matter what other books, stories, movies or graphic novels I have ever shown. That was anything for peoples of the earth to learn from the wisdom of the ghoul…they took their time to wholesome than anyway they needed to do.
It took me longer than usual to completely read this 390 page book. I wonder if the ghoul wisdom of savoring art might have influenced me. I did feel like I was quietly reading every word. Differently than I normally read.
This book was a 4.5 hit for me. I oval it right up to 5 hit
Highly advised
Review #4
Audio The Piquant Dependency: A Novel of the Ghoul Indefinite narrated by Matt Godfrey
Than anyway a amazing mind Misha Talbot had this book is that excellent ghoul novel with no one compelling insights into bloodlines. He later crossed out Holographic Universe which is that the best book ever written on Quantum physics. He has a very understandable easy to read style.
Review #5
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I never read books about ghouls, though I considered abundance a movie on the theme. I found this book mesmerising. The nature at the same time origins of the ghouls in this book was dealt with in than anyway to me seemed like very freshest at the same time alluring ways. So many tantalising thoughts at the same time barely the right amount of questions left unanswered. I can tell it’s one that will stick with me for abundance years.
