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The Secret History of Twin Peaks
by Mark Frost
First things, first: don’t read The Secret History of Twin Peaks if you haven’t watched Seasons One and Two, as spoilers abound.
This is not a simple tie-in book. Nor is it a primer for Season Three. It isn’t really a novel, either, although that’s probably the nearest you’ll get to an accurate description. It’ll have to do, anyway.
There are vignettes of various personalities from the series, fleshing-out those characters and, in some cases, giving us fresh insights, as in Doctor Jacoby’s moving account of the Log Lady’s early years. There is a complex conspiracy theory, which encompasses Roswell, Aleister Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard, Lemurians, Native American myth and Nixon, leading straight (well, not ‘straight’) to Twin Peaks. And, of course, there are a trips out to Ghostwood Forest, Glastonbury Grove and Owl Cave.
I found it a joy to read, largely because the mystery remains. The Secret History of Twin Peaks doesn’t ‘explain away’ the supernatural phenomena that made Twin Peaks such a compelling television show. Although parallels and associations are drawn between the denizens of the Black Lodge and ‘aliens’ it’s far more complicated than that and many veils are left between speculation and revelation.
Season Three can’t come too soon but The Secret History of Twin Peaks offers something warm, familiar and intriguing to dip into in the meantime.
This is not a simple tie-in book. Nor is it a primer for Season Three. It isn’t really a novel, either, although that’s probably the nearest you’ll get to an accurate description. It’ll have to do, anyway.
There are vignettes of various personalities from the series, fleshing-out those characters and, in some cases, giving us fresh insights, as in Doctor Jacoby’s moving account of the Log Lady’s early years. There is a complex conspiracy theory, which encompasses Roswell, Aleister Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard, Lemurians, Native American myth and Nixon, leading straight (well, not ‘straight’) to Twin Peaks. And, of course, there are a trips out to Ghostwood Forest, Glastonbury Grove and Owl Cave.
I found it a joy to read, largely because the mystery remains. The Secret History of Twin Peaks doesn’t ‘explain away’ the supernatural phenomena that made Twin Peaks such a compelling television show. Although parallels and associations are drawn between the denizens of the Black Lodge and ‘aliens’ it’s far more complicated than that and many veils are left between speculation and revelation.
Season Three can’t come too soon but The Secret History of Twin Peaks offers something warm, familiar and intriguing to dip into in the meantime.