{"id":16965,"date":"2021-06-05T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=16965"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T00:24:25","slug":"the-secret-casebook-of-simon-feximal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/16965","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal<\/a><\/em> (2013) KJ Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in England 1894 to 1914<\/p>\n

He was covered in writing. It was scrawled in black and red ink, from wrist to shoulder of both muscular arms, across his broad, powerful shoulders and chest. None of it was in a language I recognised, or could read, but it was unmistakably writing… and it was still being written. <\/p>\n

I gaped. The lines, some spidery, some looping, still others jagged, etched themselves over his skin, a constant silent chatter of messages. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2014\u201d My voice failed. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe stories write themselves,\u201d he said, very matter-of-fact. \u201cI serve as their page.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhy thank me?\u201d I demanded. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow did that happen?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s called sortes. A form of divination, seeking guidance in books, by the operation of chance. I thought you might have the knack.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI do not have any such thing. I have never in my life just opened a book and found what I needed. I should have been a rather more successful journalist with that up my sleeve.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is always a little unnerving to be told that one knows a man if one\u2019s knowledge is in the Biblical sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is surprising how fast a man can fall when there is nobody to extend a hand to him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : KJC Books
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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