The Hundred and Ninety-nine Steps - Michel Faber

Do you know what a 'book on demand' is? If you‘ve got the title of a book which has been out of print for a while or a manuscript of your own which all the publishers you‘ve sent it to have rejected, but you feel you must see in print, then you can turn to a publishing enterprise on the net and have the book printed. When I opened Michel Faber‘s 'The Hundred and Ninety-Nine-Steps', I learnt that the term can have a second meaning. "This book exists because Keith Wilson, Artist in Residence at Whitby Abbey during summer 2000, asked me to come and write a short story inspired by the English heritage dig." If that ...  Read the complete review