Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on September 26, 2006 at 18:26:44 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.
In Reply to: Peter Duck - a good yarn? posted by Paul on September 26, 2006 at 17:50:13:
I was about to say the very same thing!
I'm just reading it to our four year old; his 11 year old brother is tending to listen as well. It is very well constructed; a very sound piece of journeyman novel writing. We've just got to the moment where Peter Duck "washes the anchor", the suspense, as to why Black Jake ("Because of his heart" said Peter Duck) is so interested and so unpleasant has been building since the first page.