The Quincunx: A Novel

“So compulsively absorbing that reality disappears . . . One is swept along by those enduring emotions that defy modern art and a random universe: hunger for revenge, longing for justice and the fantasy secretly entertained by most people that the bad will be punished and the good rewarded.” “A virtuoso achievement . . . It is an epic, a a staggeringly complex and tantalizingly layered tale that will keep readers engrossed in days. . . . will not disappoint you. It is, quite simply, superb.” “A bold and vivid tale that invites the reader to get lost in the intoxicating rhythms of another world. And the invitation is irresistible.” “A remarkable book . . . In mood, color, atmosphere and characters, this is Charles Dickens reincarnated . . . It is an immersing experience.” “To read the first pages is to be trapped for seven-hundred odd more: you cannot stop turning them.” “Few books, at most a dozen or two in a lifetime, affect us this way. . . . For sheer intricacy and ingenuity, for skill and clarity of storytelling, it is the kind of book readers wait for, a book to get lost in.”