{"product_id":"rustication-9780393349818","title":"Rustication","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of the Year—a vertiginous gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Quincunx\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Palliser creates a deliciously gothic atmosphere...an enjoyable read for a misty autumn night.\" -- Stephanie Merrit - The Observer\u003cbr\u003e\"...Palliser’s hold on his narrative is enough to turn it into an exercise in pure form. As in a superior detective novel, character, scene and incidental detail fade away and all that remains is the thrill of the chase...\" -- The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\"Few historical novelists weave such complexly absorbing plots as Charles Palliser and \u003cem\u003eRustication\u003c\/em\u003e shows him delighting in his skill...a twisting, mesmerising story.\" -- The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"For Christmas I hope someone gives me a copy of Charles Palliser's new novel, \u003cem\u003eRustication\u003c\/em\u003e: for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Quincunx\u003c\/em\u003e it's been a long, 15-year wait.\" -- Lucy Lethbridge,  Books of the Year 2013 - The Observer\u003cbr\u003e\"...a supremely confident performance.\" -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Palliser adds the modern pleasure of ambiguity to this rich and authentic confection of Gothic suspense.\" -- The Independent\u003cbr\u003e\"Palliser builds a sense of excitement with panache, tightening and knotting each strand of the web enclosing Richard with practised fingers, and he is an accomplished pasticheur of Victorian cadences.\" -- Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Anybody who thought \u003cem\u003eThe Quincunx\u003c\/em\u003e's 1,248 pages were too much will rush back to it after reading this excellent [327]-page gothic pageturner.\" -- Patrick Neale, Bookseller's Choice - The Bookseller\u003cbr\u003e\"...cleverly done, with the reader left wondering right up to the end.\" -- The Metro","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401997590871,"sku":"9780393349818","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393349818.jpg?v=1730479085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rustication-9780393349818","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}