My Brother's Keeper

Quite a departure, but pleasantly so!

I don't have the best of memories for specifics, but the story structure and writing seem different from Powers' usual.

Such a wonderful idea for a story, and told expertly. My only knowledge of the Brontes was from a Monty Python gag about the semaphore version of Wuthering Heights, but now I'm interested in reading their works.

It's always interested seeing what Powers will make of a literary biography, and I enjoyed this spin on the life of the Brontes. Emily takes centre stage, but this is about Bramwell too. Plenty of gothic elements including werewolves, ghosts, curses and a cult. It was atmospheric and I thought it was decently written but didn't particularly have anything that new to say about the family, especially the petulant Bramwell. Emily was far more interestingly written as a character.