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Duncton Stone (The Book of Silence, Vol. 3)

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The Six Duncton books changed my life. William Horwood is the most amazing writer I have ever come across. These books have made me laugh, and cry in floods of tears. I've felt the pain and happiness of each and every mole in these books. I have just read the fifth book and am about to start the six. How someone can claim that this defiles the Christian religion is Rubbish, it is the Gospel occording to St Mole, thats all. It even has a "Stone Mole," a Jesus figure equivilant, who died for his beliefs. I am not a Christian, but a very open minded Wiccan, but this book taught me to look on the religion in a differnt light, with a sense of understanding and respect for what they went through. I know many Christians who have read these books and they all agree that these are some of the most amazing and beautiful books they have ever read. A guarrenteed great read.

This is amazing, it will have you in tears at the end. Beautifully written and a fantastic end to the novels.

O beez a mowle ob de Steyn, an O beez cuzin ob Laurel. O beez Birch ob Cuddesdon, dorter ob Brimmel sunn ob Loosestrife an Whillan. An dis bukk as inspyrd O. O beez prowd ob beezen Privet's great grandorter. Thnkyu awl. An Steyn reine in thine herte!

O beez a mowle ob de Steyn an O seek ets Silence an Lite. Privet beez an ispyrashun tu awl followas. O miselfe am de grate grandorta ob Privet, mi mother wuz Rose, dorta ob Whillan an Loosestrife. Et as enspoired O an O's cusin Birch tu ryt anubba trilogee. Et beez gudd tu knoe dat dee Steyn beez awlwais yurr faw us, O fales et ez a suppawten frend. O wurrshipps at de Beechenhil Steyn lots, ebba since O wuz a yungsta. O av visited sevrul Steyns an O finks dat two foots are trying to cut awl mowles awai frum dere Steyns, bi fencin dem en wid narsey barbwya. witch beez dainjrus. O luvs diss bukk.

I read the first 4 books in William Horwood's Duncton series... He's a very captivating writer, his plots are extremely good, BUT I have a major problem with the way in which he shoots down the Bible and places his own mole religion in its place - a mere twisted derivation of the Gospel. If he had to drag religion into it, couldn't he at least have invented his own instead of degrading Christ? Because of this I didn't finish the rest of his books. Christians beware - it may be an excellent read, BUT his rather inexcusable blasphemy would likely put you off too.