Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams

Definitely a Dream to Read!

I am not all that familiar with Celtic mythology and had actually never heard of Angus (god of dreams and love), so I was a bit worried that some bits of the story would be lost on me¿but I need not have worried. Dream Angus is a quite a wonderful retelling of this myth. After doing a bit of research, I find that McCall Smith has kept the bones from source material and dressed them up in contemporary garments and he has, I believe, done it a very likeable and compelling way! Like a couple of others in this series, we are presented with vignettes which weave back and forth between ancient mythological settings and more contemporary ones giving us the opportunity to hear Angus tale from birth to finding his own true love while also being given a glimpse of how he is still relevant in the modern world¿for Angus, it seems still bestows upon us his precious and wonderful dreams! We find that Angus touches the lives of someone in each little story, and each is compelling and beautiful in its own way. I was particularly amused to see Angus cast as a psychotherapist using lucid dreaming to help his patients¿a nice little twist! I would definitely recommend this as a light, but amusing retelling of Angus, Celtic God of Dreams, I don¿t think you¿ll be disappointed! I¿m certainly glad to have read this and I¿m looking forward to seeing more in this series!

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I love it!

I thought it looked and sounded strange. But I've loved everything I've read by Alexander McCall Smith and so went for it. I was mesmerized within pages. His writing style and gentle characterizations are just so rich and satisfying. How he can flesh out a story and make you care about characters so quickly, with such a few brushstrokes (so to speak), continually amazes me.

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