Dennis Hamley
Author of Without Warning: Ellen's Story, 1914-1918
About the Author
Dennis Hamley was born in Kent in 1935 and
lived in southern England throughout the war.
He began writing in the 1970s and his beautifully
simple prose transports his readers effortlessly
to the world of his novels.
He is passionate about providing page-turning
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Works by Dennis Hamley
Associated Works
Twisted Circuits: A Sinister Collection of Hi-tech Tales (Beaver Books) (1987) — Contributor — 5 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1935-10-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Crockham Hill, Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Crockham Hill, Kent, England, UK
Winslow, Buckingham, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Children's fiction, rabbit hit by car, animal heaven in Name that Book (June 2011)
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- Works
- 72
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 489
- Popularity
- #50,498
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 11
- ISBNs
- 145
- Languages
- 7
Here's the thing of it: The Second Person from Porlock is a good enough book, but it is not a book that has anything new to offer. Poet/addict who treats his family poorly? Not new. Young man trying to understand his geneology? Not new. Young man wanting to become a writer? Not new. New might have been some of the female characters functioning at the novel's periphery: Coleridge's ill-used wife or his daughter who has grown up distanced from him (both were also writers) or any of the women in the Wordsworth household (again, writers) or Coleridge's Italian paramour. But they're peripheral.
If you enjoy the tropes The Second Person from Porlock offers, you'll find it an excellent read. If you find such tropes wearying, you probably won't want to invest the time to read it.
I received a free electronic ARC of this title for review purposes from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own.… (more)