Suzi Feay

An otherworldly London: The Great When, by Alan Moore, reviewed

Young Dennis Knuckleyard, on an errand to an occult book dealer in Berwick Street, discovers a volume that doesn’t exist. But how is that possible – and what dangers will he face?

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issue 26 October 2024
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  • The Great When

    Alan Moore

    Bloomsbury, pp. 315, £20

Is occult knowledge even possible in the age of the internet? If a recondite author obsessed you back in the day, it took hours of fossicking in far-flung dusty bookshops to feed your hunger. Oh, the joys of hunting down a shabby collection of Arthur Machen weirdiana! Now a few keystrokes will do the job.

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