Sebastian Faulks lives in London. But his presence is felt everywhere books are celebrated. This is the impression I got during my recent 20-week biblio tour across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
I read his Birdsong years ago and loved it. I read his Snow Country recently. I am familiar with The Girl At the Lion d ‘Or and Charlotte Gray — two of a trilogy of his historical novels, along with Birdsong, set in France — but have not read yet.
Now that his The Seventh Son is out and creating fan waves all over the romantic world of books, I particularly looked for it everywhere I went. Yes, it was there in all Waterstones, a British book retailer, I visited right from its Picadilly head office-cum-superstore to the one in Belfast. Hatchards at St. Pancras International Train Station also displays Sebastian Faulks and his The Seventh Son prominently.
