Beagle's earlier novels, A Fine and Private Place (1960) and The Last Unicorn (1968), were often compared to the epic fantasy narratives of J. R. R. Tolkien and others, but he seems to be moving consciously away from these influences. In The Folk of the Air, the fantastic elements carry little allegorical burden in and of themselves, and serve instead as a.....
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