Baroque prose
Glossary term
/bəˈrɒk ˈprəʊz/
Elaborate, overfurnished prose in which clauses, references and ornaments accumulate until syntax itself appears upholstered.
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…and fall is a tale as old as time, yet Craven breathes new life into it with his baroque prose and darkly comedic touch. The reader is taken on a journey that is both familiar and unsettling, where the laughter that accompanies Hawksmoor’s absurdities is tinged with the bitterness of impending doom. Craven’s Bristol is a city where ambition is both nurtured and punished, where the climb to power is…