The third of the Faber Finds collection I bought earlier this year and which have informed my reading (and a good slice of my writing) ever since. There is a fourth, traditionally published by Faber on the back of the Finds success, which I will be treating myself to as a reward for surviving Christmas.
Overall, I found The Unsettled Dust most satisfying of the three collections. "The Cicerones" is well known, following a TV adaptation a couple of years ago which did much to stimulate a new interest in Aickman, certainly in my case. "The Unsettled Dust", "The House of the Russians" and "The Stains" are equally disturbing in a similar way - the unexplained, peripheral horror; an almost feral nastiness always waiting to pounce.
What will I do when I've read the fourth and final collection? I shall have to seek out the stories that missed the cut.
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