SOURCE: "Well Worth the Wait," in Fantasy Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, April, 1987, p. 33.

In the review below, de Lint remarks favorably on The Folk of the Air.

For some twenty-seven years, Peter S. Beagle has been a voice to be reckoned with in the fantasy field, a reputation based solely upon two novels, A Fine and Private Place and The Last Unicorn, and two short stories, Lila the Werewolf and "Come, Lady Death." It's been almost nineteen years since we've had a novel from him. The Folk of the Air, which apparently took fourteen years to write, now rectifies that dearth. And it's well worth the wait.

Joe Farrell, the protagonist from Lila the Werewolf, returns as the central viewpoint character of The Folk of the Air. Arriving in San Francisco to visit his old friend Ben, Farrell soon becomes involved with an old girlfriend Julie, the League for...