I started rereading Voice of the Fire today, because I have to write an introduction to it. Normally an introduction just says what you're reading, tries to put into some kind of context, tells you that the author is a pleasant enough fellow, and points you on your way.
The trouble with Voice of the Fire is I've met too many people who read the first 20 pages and gave up, so I think the introduction is going to have to be a sort of set of suggested narrative strategies for travellers visiting the strange and unfamiliar land that is Northhampton over the last 3000 years...