THE NECROMANCERS, by
RH Benson, is set in contemporary Britain, and the main character
is the young barrister Laurie Baxter. Baxter falls in love with a local
girl, Amy, who dies of natural causes before they wed. One could say he
was obsessed with Amy Nugent. In his distress after her death, he can’t
bear her absence. He needs to contact her, to touch her again, if at all
possible.
Baxter had recently converted intellectually to the Catholic Faith, but
not with his heart. Amy’s death provides a test that he appears to fail.
He connects with a spiritualist circle hoping that the medium will help
him bring back his love. He will do anything to get back to Amy, except
wait for eternity. As goes the ironic inscription on Amy’s tombstone –
“I shall see her but not now”
No 20 in Dennis Wheatley's Library of the Occult
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9781304969842
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