A review by eowyns_helmet
The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam

5.0

If you haven't yet become a Gardam acolyte -- let me induct you. Gardam is a writing genius at the level of Hillary Mantel or Norman Maclean. Utterly unflinching, always surprising, a voice you know within the first two lines. This is a delightful set of linked stories, with two boys -- farmer Bell and cityboy Harry -- at the center. The characters around them -- the Egg-witch, Kendal the chimney sweep -- are so well drawn. Just spectacular