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Book Review of The Quincunx

The Quincunx
The Quincunx
Author: Charles Palliser
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2


A brilliant and entertaining pastiche of the mid 19th century novel .. An epic quest for wealth and vengeance, the key to which lies in a complicated Chancery lawsuit and a missing codicil..Its appeal is that of a tremendous intellectual puzzle.
The Quincumx grips like steel...it's a book to make you miss you stop on the bus or the train, keep you up at night and wake you early...a formidable achievement.