{"id":20802,"date":"2022-09-25T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20802"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:29:17","slug":"the-furthest-station-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20802","title":{"rendered":"The Furthest Station, Audio Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Furthest Station<\/a><\/em>, Audio Edition (2017) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Rivers of London)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>This novella falls between Foxglove Summer<\/em> and The Hanging Tree<\/em> in the timeline. Although I highly recommend starting at the beginning, because it is outside of the primary story arc of the series, it should be accessible to those unfamiliar with the series.<\/p>\n

Normally these days we shunt files back and forth as email attachments, but the Folly prefers to do things the old-fashioned way. Just in case someone leaks our emails, and also because only one of us currently lives in the 21st century.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Peter is trying to keep Abigail out of trouble during her summer school break, so they are looking into strange ghost sightings.<\/p>\n

While, of course, being Peter and Abigail.<\/p>\n

Boudicca\u2019s burial site at Kings Cross\u2014 remember that?\u201d <\/p>\n

We\u2019d done it as a field trip\u2014 Platform 10 at Kings Cross, which was reputedly the last resting place of the woad-wearing warrior woman. We hadn\u2019t found anything, but it had led to a lively discussion about the practicalities of attaching blades to the wheels of your chariot. We got so carried away that a posh middle-aged white woman, no doubt waiting for a train, congratulated me on being an excellent father and for fostering an interest in British history in my daughter. \u201cWell done you,\u201d she\u2019d said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I utterly adore all the tangents and side notes in this story.<\/p>\n

Fish and chip night was a Kumar family tradition that dated back to when Jaget was courting his wife and they used to meet in the last white English-owned fish and chip shop in Wembley on the basis that none of their relatives would go in there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have the distinct feeling that he tends to go off on a lot of tangents when writing, which is how we end up with the novellas and comics.<\/p>\n

I mentally sang the sad lament of the hard-pressed copper. Oh for I am not a social worker that these woes are placed upon my care<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\u201cStop that,\u201d I told Chess, who giggled. <\/p>\n

This would have to be sorted out, but not this afternoon. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not promising anything,\u201d I said. \u201cBut I\u2019ll see if I can arrange some assistance.\u201d <\/p>\n

They both looked stricken. Not social services, they said. <\/p>\n

I had considered them, but what had Buckingham Social Services ever done to me that I was going to inflict a cheeky little godlet on them?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remain amused by that last line.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tantor Audio<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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