Review: Pedant "A One-of-a-Kind Book From a One-of-a-Kind Writer"

Book review: The Pedant and the ShufflyJohn Bellairs was a one-of-a-kind writer, and The Pedant and the Shuffly is a one-of-a-kind book. John Bellairs was a truly erudite man, able to make wicked fun of meaningless erudition, and his unique wit romps through every page of this book, whether you understand Latin, logic, linguistics, logorrhea or not. To read it is to realize what a loss his death was -- not simply to fantasy, or to children's literature, but to the English language, and to the art of storytelling, which he served so well in the short time he had. I'm truly grateful to have any of John Bellairs's books back in print. Especially this one.

Peter S. Beagle