A review by acreese
Nevermore by William Hjortsberg

3.0

While not usually drawn to novels that appropriate historical figures as characters in major roles, I couldn't resist the combination of Harry Houdini and Conan Doyle embroiled in a series of murders based on Poe's stories with visitations from the dyspeptic ghost of Poe himself. Entertaining light reading which I am following up with a 500+ page biography of Rilke penned by a professor emeritus and tempering that with boxing essays by Katherine Dunn.