His entry begins:The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson. He's the guy who wrote the book on which they based that movie about men staring at goats. (The book was better, as they usually are.) The Psychopath Test is very funny and came out of an encounter between Ronson and Bob Hare, the psychologist who devised a list of things to look out for to identify psychos. I'm reading it because...[read on]Among the early praise for The Bones of Avalon:
"Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favorites…. He's done it again, with his usual sense of permeating atmosphere, with vivid characters in a complex plot that grows through the bones of history like a deadly nightshade."Learn more about the book and author at Phil Rickman's website.
--Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Echo in the Bone
"With his supernatural touch, a terrifying plot involving a necromancer, Glastonbury, King Arthur’s bones, and superb research, Phil Rickman takes us back brilliantly into the dark world of the first Elizabethans."
--Ariana Franklin, national bestselling author of A Murderous Procession“Shadowed with his hallmark eeriness and full of richly drawn landscapes and fascinating characters, The Bones of Avalon is just the sort of uncanny, page-turning wonder that I’ve come to expect from Phil Rickman. What’s new is the magnificent sweep of Elizabethan England and tantalizing legends of King Arthur. A glorious read.”
--Jennifer Lee Carrell, international bestselling author of Interred with Their Bones
“A historical thriller with a touch of romance and more than a hint of necromancy… Brilliantly imagined and grippingly executed.”
--The Times (London)
My Book, The Movie: The Bones of Avalon.
The Page 69 Test: The Bones of Avalon.
Writers Read: Phil Rickman.
--Marshal Zeringue
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