NaNoFiMo Day Three: Three Bags Full

[elisem]

So recently klages recommended a book to me: THREE BAGS FULL by Leonie Swann. It's quite something, and I enjoyed it very much in ways I'm not sure I could describe. Let's just say that anybody who thinks about worldbuilding and characterization should consider reading this book. The main character -- in fact, all the viewpoint characters -- are sheep. They fight crime. (Yeah, pnh and tnh, I had to use that line, because I couldn't get the thought of you two saying it in chorus out of my head.)

Oh, just go find the book. It's very probably like nothing else you have ever read.

Three Bags Full

Sheep detective,
Have you any clues?
Yes sir, yes sir,
More than I can use.

Someone likes money
Someone hates sin
Someone took a shovel
And did our shepherd in.

Good thing Maple's
Mind is very deep.
Human behavior
Looks crazy to a sheep.

Comments

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

<3!

That is all. *g*

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Have you read it yet?

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I think I need to read this book.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

You so do. It's impossible to really praise rightly, because I don't have words for what it does.

[eeyorerin]

Oh my goodness, I loved that book so much and this filk is such a perfect encapsulation!

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[thinkum]

I stumbled across this one in a bookstore somewhere, and it followed me home. Then, I couldn't put it down -- it was so intriguingly different, I had to keep reading. Highly recommended. :-)

[elisem.livejournal.com]

I love when a book surprises me and takes me to somewhere fascinating that I have never been, and this one definitely did.

[finnyb.livejournal.com]

I must find myself a copy of this book!

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Oh, you must. I think you would enjoy it a lot.

[finnyb.livejournal.com]

It's on my list of "books to get when the Christmas bonus gets here".