The
SpooK Shop will be in action today and Thursday, October 31, from 10am to 4pm.
Greenlee's experiences abroad, together with his return at the apex of the Black Power movement, led him to develop the ideas in first the novel
Spook and later the film (as well as in his second novel, Baghdad Blues [1976]).
looking at the lives of the people who became
spooks.
References are made to previous well-known characters and past scenarios which have helped shape the journey of Tom's apprenticeship with the
Spook. This tale also contains new creatures--there are jibbers and mages--which the
Spook records in his bestiary, available as a separate book complementing the series.
Unknowingly, Brad Banning uncovers a host of secrets buried deep in a place discreetly known as
Spook Rock.
When we brought Dandy home for a previous visit to serve as a riding horse for my granddaughter,
Spook greeted Dandy with flying hooves and ripping teeth.
My favourite character was the
Spook, John Gregory, as he became very real to me; I felt (wished) I was in the story with him.
There's no such thing here as an office whip-round or leaving speech on a
spook's final day, because the
spooks invariably die in a hail of flames or bullets and so don't get the chance to enjoy their gardens and retirement.
In his opinion, he can honestly say he hasn't had a single instance where this has caused a deer--buck or doe--to
spook.
Ghasts, ghosts, boggarts and witches lurk between the covers of The
Spook's Mistake, the fifth book in the Wardstone Chronicles, which immediately continues where the previous book ended.
The
Spook's Secret (Wardstone Chronicles) Joseph Delaney Bodley Head
Red Button can assure them that Gill is real and has run the shop, which is also his home, for 36 years, without spotting a
spook.