Review: The Magic Of An Author's Mind
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2012
I read most of Ron Askew's book on my Kindle, sitting in the courtyard of our home here in the French Pyrenees, with swifts zooming and screaming around the house - there seem to have been more of these amazing aeronauts around this year than ever.The book is a poetic tour de force. There is plenty of verse breaking up the narrative, but the prose itself is of a poetic bent. Excellent use of words and rhythm.Most of those words issue from the mouth of one person, but they reveal plenty about his relationship with his listener, also with characters from his troubled past and his current life. We learn about the people he works with and their relationships, about others more tangential but who impact on his soul and his and interests. We learn about the birds he loves. We see into his heart and those of the people around him.We wonder, or at least I do, where stuff like this comes from, to land in an author's mind. But we admire the product greatly and we look forward to Ron's next voyage into print.