The New Books: 'Silas and the Black Mare'
There are no blacks and whites [in Silas and the Black Mare]: one is … persuaded to see the viewpoint of and sympathise with even the nastiest characters. The tension and menace build up remarkably in this world of fear and suspicion…. At such a level of writing, one looks forward eagerly to the sequels. (p. 264)
"The New Books: 'Silas and the Black Mare'," in The Junior Bookshelf, Vol. 42, No. 5, October, 1978, pp. 263-64.
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