{"product_id":"quincunx","title":"Quincunx","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eQuincunx\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCharles Palliser\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345371133\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e800\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary modern novel in the Victorian tradition, Charles Palliser has created something extraordinary--a plot within a plot within a plot of family secrets, mysterious clues, low-born birth, high-reaching immorality, and, always, always the fog-enshrouded, enigmatic character of 19th century--London itself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A virtuoso achievement . . . It is an epic, a \u003ci\u003etour de force, \u003c\/i\u003ea staggeringly complex and tantalizingly layered tale that will keep readers engrossed in days. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Quincunx \u003c\/i\u003ewill not disappoint you. It is, quite simply, superb.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold and vivid tale that invites the reader to get lost in the intoxicating rhythms of another world. And the invitation is irresistible.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable book . . . In mood, color, atmosphere and characters, this is Charles Dickens reincarnated . . . It is an immersing experience.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To read the first pages is to be trapped for seven-hundred odd more: you cannot stop turning them.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Quincunx | Charles Palliser | Paperback | 9780345371133 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1741835 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168973009048,"sku":"1741835","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/810p6r4HLaL.jpg?v=1771982861","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/quincunx","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}