Oh yes. I thought McEvoy was doing a fine job of an impression of an English Army officer, in the style of Michael Caine in Zulu. He kept making me smirk.
I'm not a great one with symbolism etc, but I got the impression that the mulefa were deliberately definitely not a parallel with anything on earth (unlike most of the other creatures and concepts in the books) to make their behaviours (which are so very "human", from the farming of other animals and their use of technology) both familiar and unusual. So whilst they are "weird" they do serve a purpose.
But I could be wildly wrong - much of the overall symbolism of the books went way over my head, so I just relaxed into enjoying the story!
I got nowhere near that deep. I simply thought he was scraping the barrel with the mulefa, the whole part of story went a bit off track for me there. Mind you, the same happens with TBOD vol II methinks. Hopefully vol III is a bit more tuned-in.
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The Graveyard Book - May 2020 Book Group discussion thread
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