![]() To do this, he guides us through large swaths of Great Britain in search of the sites depicted in these books and films. I don’t think he ever uses the word but I felt as if he were trying to demonstrate how various terroirs affect the ghost stories and the strange folk lore that then show up in the fiction and cinema that he has loved since childhood. But as in so many things, it’s the blending that counts and Parnell is an expert bartender. It’s also a bit of travel guide, a dash of history, and a family memoir. ![]() Edward Parnell’s Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country is a highly personal exploration of the idea of “haunted” in literature and film. ![]()
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