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Skallagrigg - William Horwood

 
Description: ISBN 0140072063 / Author: William Horwood / Genre: Fiction / Whatever the name signifies, whoever he is - will come to transform all ... more
Skallagrigg - William Horwood ... their lives ...

Newest Review: ... can rescue him and take him home, Arthur calls out to him in his direst moments. It is only when despair leads him to the ... more

 ... point of death that the Skallagrigg answers him and becomes an unshakeable faith. It is 50 years later when we first meet Esther Marquand, a 17 year old girl also born with cerebral palsy, but whose gifted mind is recognised in enlightened days. In distress after a minor accident which leaves her helpless for a while, she cal ls upon the Skallagrigg and in an awsome moment of insight knows that he exists, as does Arthur somewhere; that t...more

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Crowned Review Skallagrigg - William Horwood: The Hunt for the Skallagrigg (1067 words)
by - written on 03/04/03 (Very useful, 1127 readings)
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I first read this book, written in 1987, while I still I had an aversion to computers for the reason that some still do. I mistrusted their mystery and just saw a screen which flashed instructions to the operator because I hadn't noticed the box at the side which was the business end. This story introduced me to the allure of computer games, although I still do not play them. Beside this tale filled with human endeavour, is running the increasingly complex levels of such a game as we near our goal. Who or what is the Skallagrigg? Arthur who became Eddie held its distant memory tightly to him until his sharing of its wonder spread as a myth throughout a ...  Read the complete review

 

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