Deserving of comparison to the works of John Fowles and Umberto Eco, Iain Pears' stunning new novel is an ingenious tour de force. In England of the 1660s, a young woman is accused of the murder of a New College fellow, who has been found dead under mysterious circumstances. Four extremely diverse witnesses give their accounts of the events--but only one reveals the extraordinary truth.
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Deserving of comparison to the works of John Fowles and Umberto Eco, Iain Pears' stunning new novel is an ingenious tour de force. In England of the 1660s, a young woman is accused of the murder of a New College fellow, who has been found dead under mysterious circumstances. Four extremely diverse witnesses give their accounts of the events--but only one reveals the extraordinary truth.
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Writing a novel which really contains four novels in one - each from a different person's point of view is, well, novel.
I found the book hard going in places. The author has tight, well-written sections, but his links sometimes are a bit pedestrian to my tastes.
But, dear reader, persevere to the end and I think, like me, you'll not begrudge the time it took to go from cover to cover.
absafruitly
Jan 12, 2010
While I admit I enjoyed the first section 'A Question of Precedence' and even part of the second section, I soon found that the change in perspectives and narration was incredibly confusing and overly complicated. It reminded me of 'The Shark Net' by Robert Drewe in that the plot depended heavily on the reader's ability to recall details of events described earlier in the book and recognize when the same event is being retold from someone else's perspective.
In short, I was unable to finish this book despite the fact that the literary difficulty was quite average, it simply became too confusing to the point I wasn't able to enjoy it.
Three stars for the first section which was very interesting and Pear's attempt at a complicated writing style.
