[Ad Free] Episode 294 – China Miéville & A Million Dreaming Words for Ghost
Summary
Neil Gaiman discusses his 1,300-page novel *The Rouse* with host Neil McRobbie, exploring its dual timelines involving a single mother and a British soldier. They analyze the book’s dense, linguistic style, comparing it to *Ulysses* and *Gravity’s Rainbow*, while Gaiman explains how two decades of personal loss shaped the narrative. The conversation delves into the novel’s subversion of traditional ghost story tropes, its use of obscure British slang, and the thematic interplay between military conspiracy and supernatural dread.
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