The Quincunx
Charles Palliser
Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
The Quincunx
by Charles Palliser
—· 800 p· 1989
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canondarktensemysterioushaunting
Overview
About
A young man searching for his origins is drawn from the Northern England countryside into the violent and corrupt London underworld of the late Regency.
Pages
800
Canongate
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Worldbuilding9
Prose9
Atmospheric Tension9
Historical Detail9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Plot twists8
Pacing7
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