![]() ![]() ![]() Invoking a variety of styles and genres-including whodunit, BBC soap opera, obituary, memo, academic treatise, true-crime, journal, epistle, translation and legend-Palliser fashions a series of stories preoccupied with rivalry and murder (including one possible murder early in the century and another resulting from a contemporary scandal) which frequently involve authors and academics. While much of the action is set in Scotland (both contemporary and bygone), the more important milieus are the minds of the novel's many storytellers. Puzzles within puzzles, distorted reflections of events, telling slips of the pen, parody, metafictional commentary and old-fashioned suspense pervade this narrative tour de force from the author of The Sensationist and The Quincunx. ![]()
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