![]() ![]() Luckily for listeners, there are more tales of Tom's adventures in the works. By recording's end, Tom seems especially well-suited to his burgeoning, unusual career, even though he's still terrified by his duties (and, yes, a little afraid of his boss). And with the skillful portrayals of the often fast-talking characters of Tom's mam, and his new friend (and future witch), Alice, listeners are intrigued, never sure what they're going to get. The roles of hissing, spooky witches Mother Malkin and Bony Lizzie prove spinetingling entertainment. Listeners are in for some chills, courtesy of Delaney's first book and Welch's commanding reading, in which he portrays the Spook with a good dose of sonorous gravitas and matter-of-fact superiority. ![]() He takes on as his apprentice young Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son. But current spook, Old Gregory, is getting on in years and he needs to train a successor. And that's what the Spook's business happens to be. ![]() Rid the county of boggarts, witches, ghosts and other evils, that is. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. ![]()
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