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Original Title:	The Quincunx, The Inheritance of John Huffam
ISBN:	0345371135 (ISBN13: 9780345371133)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (1991)

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The protagonist, a young man naive enough to be blind to all clues about his own hidden history (and to the fact that his very existence is troubling to all manner of evildoers) narrates a story of uncommon beauty which not only brings readers face-to-face with dozens of piquantly drawn characters at all levels of 19th-century English society but re-creates with precision the tempestuous weather and gnarly landscape that has been a motif of the English novel since Wuthering Heights. The suspension of disbelief happens easily, as the reader is led through twisted family trees and plot lines.

The quincunx of the title is a heraldic figure of five parts that appears at crucial points within the text (the number five recurs throughout the novel, which itself is divided into five parts, one for each of the family galaxies whose orbits the narrator is pulled into). Quintuple the length of the ordinary novel, this extraordinary tour de force also has five times the ordinary allotment of adventure, action and aplomb.

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Title	:	The Quincunx
Author	:	Charles Palliser
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 787 pages
Published	:	November 27th 1990 by Ballantine Books (first published 1989)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Victorian. European Literature. British Literature

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WOW, talk about mystery! This book was full of twists and turns. I couldn't put it down. It was definitely a little confusing determining the family lineage at times, and I got confused with how inter-connected every character was in the novel. But it was a joy to read. It follows the life of a young London boy, and all the travesties, mostly, for there was little joy in his life, that he miraculously overcame either by his own wits or the help of people he knew little of. It starts with his

From the time of its release, my friends and I were all fascinated by Oliver Stone's film JFK. We'd watch it together and discuss such for hours, debating the motives and agency each suspect would have. This continued for many years and I'd wager if circumstances allowed such, we'd all still gather and view the film again. Most of us were never drawn to the literature surrounding the assassination, by which I mean the myriad accounts and theorists who created an additional universe of sinister

a mysterious and elaborate narrative done in the classic Dickens style. stays true to the form, particularly in its almost monomaniacal obsession with money and property. the extensive research is obvious and helps to make the era vivid and completely real. characterizations were surprisingly flat for such an immense tome... and unfortunately, that includes not only the intriguing supporting cast but the primary characters of son and mother. i also have to say that i was let down by the

If every other novel was like this it would be terrible. I'd never leave the house. I'd call my office : "sorry, can't make it today, I have 450 pages to finish, I'm sure you'll understand, put it down as a family emergency" and eventually they'd email me - "you're fired" - but I wouldn't read the email. My cat would have to become feral. Empires might tumble, Bob Dylan might be chosen as the next Pope, I wouldn't notice.Anyway, fortunately, most novels aren't either this good or this long, so

Take Dickens, multiply the filth, poverty and desperation by five; multiply the cast of characters by five; multiply the number of plot twists, betrayals, double-triple-quadruple-and-quintuple-crosses by five; and multiply the multiple identities by five. Add a speculative real estate scheme, a couple of phony front companies, a banking and credit crisis, a raft of lawyers, lenders, borrowers, beggars and stealers; and then run the whole thing through a sieve of the major moral, political,

please, please don't waste your time, this is over 1000 pages of tripe.! The Author tries to be too clever, claiming this is an attempt to "play with the conventions of a victorian novel". He appears to be an English Lit professor and is a great example of why University academics sometimes need a good kicking!The story is boring, the characters neither believable or interesting, Dickens did it first and did it better, why the hell Pallister bothered is beyond me. What is particularly irritating

What if Charles Dickens were a postmodernist writer? Would he have been capable to write The Quincunx? The stylization is perfect.Loomed at us from the shadows like a theatrical show: the drawn faces of the very poor, the laughing faces of those in funds or already drunk, but always, in one form or another, misery and fear and shame and desperation, whether clothed in rags or in tawdry finery, and everywhere a profligacy of children children of all ages, children in tatters, dirty, with unkempt