tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post7003837952881384301..comments2008-09-28T22:33:34.540+01:00Comments on The Silver Eel: The Silver Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615661656637047142noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post-22949265239952094712007-03-21T21:38:00.000+00:002007-03-21T21:38:00.000+00:00I've written about RLS a lot over the years; he's ...I've written about RLS a lot over the years; he's a writer from my youth who has stayed with me. I found myself writing about him again recently for work when the new graphic novel of Kidnapped came out and I had the same tingle of excitement, yearning and nostalgia for his fiction and his travel books, which remain as fresh as ever. I love him almost as much for his real life adventures despite his poor health and the enthusiasm he has for sharing that with readers. And living here in Edinburgh I still get a thrill from realising that as I sat writing the Kidnapped article for the work blog I was sitting only a few hundred yards from where RLS would have been studying or, more likely, where he would have been drinking after ducking out of studies. His books and the city's history and architecture all combine in my head.<BR/><BR/>That said though, years back I persuaded colleagues to pick out their favourite Scottish books for the Staff Recommends stand. One picked Treasure Island and summed it up in one sentence better than I would have with half a page of description - he simply said "the best boy's own adventure ever written." Simple, sure, but pretty spot on.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257155435655575336noreply@blogger.com