{"product_id":"the-quincunx","title":"The Quincunx","description":"\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","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835890774221,"sku":"9780345371133","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_f80a7fc4-78b5-4376-9a04-316cedaddc8e.jpg?v=1790988722","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-quincunx","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}