Shadows of Ecstasy
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Charles Williams
Charles Williams (1909–1975) was one of the preeminent authors of American crime fiction. Born in Texas, he dropped out of high school to enlist in the US Merchant Marine, serving for ten years before leaving to work in the electronics industry. At the end of World War II, Williams began writing fiction while living in San Francisco. The success of his backwoods noir Hill Girl (1951) allowed him to quit his job and write fulltime. Williams’s clean and somewhat casual narrative style distinguishes his novels—which range from hard-boiled, small-town noir to suspense thrillers set at sea and in the Deep South. Although originally published by pulp fiction houses, his work won great critical acclaim, with Hell Hath No Fury (1953) becoming the first paperback original to be reviewed by legendary New York Times critic Anthony Boucher. Many of his novels were adapted for the screen, such as Dead Calm (published in 1963) and Don’t Just Stand There! (published in 1966), for which Williams wrote the screenplay. Williams died in California in 1975.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Given that it as written in 1933, this is a quite remarkable book, about a successful (briefly) African invasion of London. my favorite part is before the invasion, when the African government which has overthrown the colonial powers announces (in very complimentary terms) the martyrdom of the Christian missionaries, and in the parliamentary debate the archbishop of Canterbury entirely agrees that martyrdom is the duty of Christians and the mssionaries should not be avenged. One marvellousvcharacter is a very intelligent and philosophical Zulu king who ultmately sides with the rebels, who are let by a European mystic,not a native African.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I enjoy a Charles Williams on occasion, and this is one of his better books. In it a man achieves the status of the Anti-Christ by using central African rituals. Somewhat racist and fully creepy. Fortunately, in Williams' world there is a God, who's on the job. I understand the book was copyright 1925.