BROKEN MEATS By David Hambling


After his harrowing adventures in The Elder Ice (you can read my review here), ex-boxer Harry Stubbs returns to economic hardship in 1925 England. Harry finds work as a “guide” to a man from Singapore named Yang. Yang is interested in the work of Roslyn D’Onston, a one-time journalist who turned into a sorcerer. D’Onston was a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. Harry Stubbs finds himself in the grip of occult powers and necromancy. If you’re in the mood for a quirky adventure novel, Broken Meats delivers. GRADE: B+

12 thoughts on “BROKEN MEATS By David Hambling

  1. Jeff Meyerson

    Sadly – and somewhat surprisingly – my library doesn’t have any of David Hambling’s books. I can see it’s Amazon time coming up.

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      1. george Post author

        Wolf, I have a vivid imagination. Remember what Shakespeare wrote in HAMLET: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
        Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet was talking about the ghost of his father, but David Hambling is dealing with “re-animation” in a Lovecraftean sense.

    1. george Post author

      Rick, the title comes from a line in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Ballad of East and West.” It also enters into the plot in a scary subterranean scene in the book.

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      1. george Post author

        David, I have ALIEN STARS (a great title!) on my Read Real Soon stack. I really enjoy Harry Stubbs! How did you come up with that character?

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