The Dark Tunnel
Subtitle A comedy
By Osric Allen
Published by
Robert Temple Publisher
ISBN 0 - 9523093 - 1 - 9
Category Fantasy
Winter 2011
Synopsis
The prostitute Anita, whose ankles become so strangely scarred; the meek civil servant, Wale, who murders his wife; and the gross Spiralgrudge, creating in his basement chamber the reality of a vast mechanism powered by tortured beasts... These are the minor characters. The real story...
Author's Biography
Osric Allen has degrees in English and Philosophy.
Reviews
"Vivid Prose . . . it has the effect received from the best magic realists. It's definitely the kind of original idiosyncratic novel I thoroughly enjoy." - Michael Moorcock (Advance comment - letter to the publisher).
"Very readable and enjoyable. . . .powerfully atmospheric. . . The Grand Guignol parts are brilliantly carried out!" - Edwin Morgan (Advance comment - letter to the publisher)
."One of the great pleasures of reviewing is the discovery of occasional gems that would never, ordinarily, come to one's attention. Osric Allen's 'The Dark Tunnel' is such a book." - Keith Brooke ('Beyond')
Price £12.50 Binding: Hardcover