Richard Pelham

You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, right? In this case, I probably went for the book by its title alone. I like snow and I like writing about snow. I like snow in words. I probably like words in snow. Being a fan of the author as well, his name on the cover will have added to the persuasion. Thus, I picked up and began this novel some time ago, and although I’ve only just finished it, I actually read it very quickly. It’s just that certain other things intervened (including Sylvie Simmons excellent biography of Leonard Cohen). Once I settled down to it, I found this latest Sebastian Faulks offering to be another very enjoyable read. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t recognise the style of his writing compared to when I read his work many years ago, but I have a feeling that it might be me who has changed, rather than him. It would be interesting to re-read some of his earliest works to find out. Ultimately, the title of this book proved to be a bit misleading, as there...