Revisiting a childhood favourite. A deliciously creepy tale that did much to inform my reading tastes from then on (Armada ghost books, Usborne's books on the supernatural, George MacDonald, Walter de la Mare and Arthur Conan Doyle also take a bow). The cold, the desolate places, the sense of lurking other and forces outside of time and beyond the control of man. Guardians and buried treasure. I wasn't familiar then with MR James (who undoubtedly influenced this), but my tastes haven't really changed. #thegiantunderthesnow #johngordon #anthonymaitland #eastanglia #folklore #greenman #snow #darkness #ancienttreasure #desolatelandscapes #buriedsecrets #puffinbooks #vintagechildrensbooks #winter #books #bibliophilia #bookstagram #childhoodfavourites #booksthatmademe