Haunted/haunting books for October. Some recommendations, all of which can be read & reread, & are haunting, disorienting & unsettling in the most interesting & pleasurable ways. some are very scary… Not all of these books have ghosts of the conventional kind but who wants ‘ordinary’ ghosts.

Wonderful book!

"And there was yet another thing that disturbed his aunt: he declined to visit any of his former friends. The company of people he knew had become abhorrent to him. These days he was only at ease in the company of strangers - which made the thought of a visit to his 'fiancée' doubly welcome."

"There was a bitter, weary expression in his eyes that she had never seen before. But what else could one expect? she wondered. He must have been through horrors that peaceful old ladies (such as herself) might not even begin to comprehend. But he was alive, thank heaven, and he would get better."

"He was not like Hartmann, who had the gift of being able to enjoy everything, every change in the climate, every amusement in the working day, every prospect of a new life. Fibich wished only to be safe, and, once safe, to be free, and, once free, to be brave."

"He was not like Hartmann, who had the gift of being able to enjoy everything, every change in the climate, every amusement in the working day, every prospect of a new life. Fibich wished only to be safe, and, once safe, to be free, and, once free, to be brave."

Thanks Ian! I've only heard good things, very much looking forward.

"In those days the Majestic was still standing in Kilnalough at the very end of a slim peninsula covered with dead pines leaning here and there at odd angles." Started today. TROUBLES by J.G. Farrell.

If you see this, recommend a short book. THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKAMATSU by Augusto Higa Oshiro, translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Shyue.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Chris! My husband had to undergo the same surgery a few years ago and was back on his feet pretty soon.

A tranquil morning in the public gardens.

I was unsure of the book in the beginning, but really getting into its rhythm now. The prose as you say is wonderful.