They come to town to meet Dante's idol, the author of the autobiographical Banquet for the Damned. The prose is a bloated, turgid mess, working too hard to impress and forgetting to progress. Nevill Adam L.G. Banquet For the Damned (2004) by Adam Nevill: Hard-rocking Birmingham, England 20-somethings Dante and Tom move to St. Andrew's, Scotland, to make their second album. I can't finish the thing. Adam has done it again! I don't want to use the term literary as it carries an unfortunate modern-day connotation of dusty libraries and mildewed books written by notaries of a by-gone age (a sad view of the classics that were part of my childhood reading and nowadays occasionally termed 'too difficult') and this definitely isn't like that, but one would have to say this is a more literary 'style' of horror. The supernatural/occult element was really interesting at first, but some of what happened was just overkill and it all became a bit silly. I can easily see why this book is going to receive mixed reviews, and it's purely owing to stylistic preference. I simply could not put down the last 100 or so pages. Beth is a student, who is helping out Eliot with his research for the new book.. Dante meets Coldwell in. Eliot invites Dante to come to Scotland to help him do some research for his new book. Ebury Publishing, Sep 4, 2008 - Fiction - 416 pages. Dante believes that the research that he is doing for Eliot, will help the band produce another classic rock album. Sellers Start Selling Help Close. A new edition of the first novel from horror writer Adam Nevill, revised and with additional material. Account en lijsten Retourzendingen en bestellingen. But in Scotland's oldest university town something has passed from darkness into light. Mr. Nevill is one of my favorite authors, right up there with Stephen K. I wasn't too impressed with this story. Menu. I love books that have a touch of the magical and macabre about them, but while parts of this were enjoyable, I found many details hard to swallow (for example numerous characters' rapid/immediate acceptance that the night terrors and disappearances had a supernatural cause) and the ending left me cold. Here was natural beauty and radiance, and here was the Mediaeval and Victorian architecture that just suggested the supernatural. Free shipping for many products! A very atmospheric and gothic tale by Nevill! Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It takes place in the village of Womford (Forgotten Realms) during the fall but you can easily adapt the adventure to any farming hamlet. It takes place in the village of Womford (Forgotten Realms) during the fall but you can easily adapt the adventure to any farming hamlet. Loved simply because I respect authors who invest a lot of time in research. To create our... 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