But, in order to ‘get on’, you need to be able to defend your position. Dragons in her world are obsessed with social position in a strictly hierarchical society.

But Walton has given us a few extra twists. It could so easily been a tale of offbeat whimsy, and there’s nothing wrong with that. REVIEW: If you thoroughly enjoy Fantasy, particularly depictions of dragons along the lines of Anne McCaffrey and Robin Hobbs – but also like Victorian novels, especially those by Anthony Trollope, then Tooth and Claw is sheer delight. You have never read a novel like Tooth and Claw. In which the great and the good avail themselves of the privilege of killing and eating the weaker children, which they do with ceremony and relish, growing stronger thereby. Here is a world of politics and train stations, of churchmen and family retainers, of courtship and country houses… in which, on the death of an elder, family members gather to eat the body of the deceased. One daughter becomes involved in the abolition movement, while another sacrifices herself for her husband.Īnd everyone in the tale is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2004.īLURB: A tale of love, money, and family conflict – among Dragons.Ī family deals with the death of their father.Īnother son agonises over his father’s deathbed confession. Here are my thoughts about the first book of hers that I encountered… She continues to be one of my favourite authors. You have never read a novel like Tooth and Claw.This review was posted on 4th November 2013, and I’m reposting it in honour of Jo Walton, whose writing and book covers I’m celebrating today. And everyone in the tale is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. One daughter becomes involved in the abolition movement, while another sacrifices herself for her husband. Another son agonises over his father’s deathbed confession. A family deals with the death of their father. You can read this before Tooth and Claw PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ī tale of love, money, and family conflict–among dragons. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Tooth and Claw written by Jo Walton which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

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