The Muldoon Book Club

Episode one: Ominous openings.

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In this week’s episode, we’re looking at openings, particularly the prologue.

It was dark by the time the circus arrived in Liverpool. Enormous wooden wheels creaked as they rolled through squelching, uneven mud. “Is this it?” the man driving the leading cart asked, looking out at the veil of torrential rain. In the drenched warmth of the summer night, everything was heavy with the scent of hay, leather and sweat. The lantern on the cart swung violently, threatening to detach at the next dip.