The funny thing is, I can't remember if I did mention it before Easter hols (aww, you said 'hols'!), though I read it sometime in the autumn (October, I think). I kept meaning to post about it but I needed to re-read it first (I never understand a book properly the first time round) and when one has a lot of library books, it is difficult to find a space for a slow re-reading of an 850 page book.

But it is fabulous, and it has EXTENSIVE FOOTNOTES. There was one bit where the footnote went on for two or three pages, and I squeed privately. Also, it has proper fairies, and Byron being a git, which made me happy. BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT! It is very pretty in every way, and my paperback copy has a paragraph in the back about the history of its typeface, as seems to be the Thing To Do nowadays. I approve of this new custom heartily.