Writer Neil Spring on seeing his atmospheric debut novel adapted for the screen – and meeting Rafe Spall as he shot the lead role
It’s a chilly overcast Sunday morning in the City of London,and I’m approximately to meet a man who has been dead since 1948.
Threading through a crowd of Londoners wearing masks ito protect against the Spanish flu, I see him suddenly; someone who embodies a curious mixture of fact and fraud, or the scourge of every spiritualist medium with something to conceal. He strides towards me in his coat and hat,mysteriously self-possessed, and I read the expression on his face – thoughtful, and vulnerable and yet commanding. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com