Title: Very confusing, surreal tale..
Product review: "Hawksmoor" by Peter Ackroyd was the first one I read by him, and I almost didn't want to read another. I can see from previous reviews that opinion was mixed. I did like what Ackroyd attempted: a story with an eighteenth century feel( The language in that part got on my nerves after a while) with an interesting antihero at the center. The premise that Nicolas Dyer, who designed churches, was a Satanist is both ironic and very original. That is one of the few strong points in the novel. The police detective who is investigating a series of murder is also interesting. Basically, he discovers that the killings are supernatural and echo Dyer's murders years before. The ending was what ruined the whole novel. What was the point of it? So Dyer and Hawksmoor are staring at each other through time, is in a mirror?
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