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You can read it as a mystery, as a novel of ideas, or both. Like "Instance of the Fingerpost" it moves from the viewpoint of one character to others to fill in the pieces of the turn-of-the 20th-century plot. I have no idea if any of the historical details about arms manufacturers and espionage are true but it makes a really provocative read if you keep the current state of the world in the back of your mind as you read (hindsight as subtext??).
While not as intellectually complex as his most recent books, it's still a very entertaining ride and offers more brain food than most paperback fiction.
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Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
mustelina, December 9, 2010
You can read it as a mystery, as a novel of ideas, or both. Like "Instance of the Fingerpost" it moves from the viewpoint of one character to others to fill in the pieces of the turn-of-the 20th-century plot. I have no idea if any of the historical details about arms manufacturers and espionage are true but it makes a really provocative read if you keep the current state of the world in the back of your mind as you read (hindsight as subtext??).Tropic of Night by Michael Gruber
mustelina, December 9, 2010
While not as intellectually complex as his most recent books, it's still a very entertaining ride and offers more brain food than most paperback fiction.Half Broken Things by Morag Joss
mustelina, December 9, 2010
Well written, well plotted, atmosphere, characters... If you like Ruth Rendell, Sarah Waters, Kate Atkinson (I do!) this should satisfy.