Definitely not elves

Alternative title: Dreamwidth made me read it! Two books linked only by that factor. And they both concern beings who are strictly speaking magical, but who defy you to speak strictly of them:

Back in March, sovay wrote about Peter Blair's The Coming of Pout: "The impediment," she said, "is that the book drives me up the wall." ( How's that for a recommendation? )

But the things I do like about the book outweigh those that I don't, and I am grateful for the introducion. Can I claim that Dreamwidth also introduced me to Sylvia Townsend Warner's Kingdoms of Elfin? I have been vaguely aware of it (and her) for longer than I can pin down, but it was nineweaving who finally made the introduction, at a Book Club organised by Handheld Books. ( And now for something completely different... )