Beagle has also been reported to have been born on April 29 of that year. However, according to an old reference on a Peter Beagle site, Mr. Beagle was born in the Spring, on April 20, 1939. Beagle than his ability to make us drunk on beauty: though he does excel at that.

One could do worse than compare any writer to a really fine ale, of course, but there is more to Peter S. Beagle, either: his work is complex, familiar and exotic together, sweet and rich and yet possessed of a clarifying strength that both intoxicates and clears away dross. ”īut they are not too far of f the mark for Peter S. I’ve prepared a few remarks for the occasion…Īccording to my notes here… “…truly remarkable! Layers of malty- complexities of figs and a raisiny fruitiness balances nicely with a clovey- spiciness develops into a Champagne like acidity. Beagle and his work, on the of f chance that some of you were raised in caves far from bookstores or libraries. Nod and wave politely, please.Ĭat Eldridge, our esteemed editor, has asked me, Kathleen Bartholomew, to give an introduction for Mr. That’s him there, the pleasant-looking silver -bearded gentleman in the best armchair, by the side of the fire that doesn’t smoke. It’s my profound pleasure to present to you our extraordinary Guest, Mr. Everyone comfy? Gotta drink and a cushion? W ell, then!

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a particularly splendid gathering at the Green Man.

The Folk of the Air by Peter S. Beagle