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"Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire.""--The Atlantic Monthly"
"Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines."--Alyssa Katz, "Newsday"
"There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world."--Michael Upchurch, "The Seattle Times"
Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire. "The Atlantic Monthly"
Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines. "Alyssa Katz, Newsday"
There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world. "Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times""
Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire. The Atlantic Monthly
Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines. Alyssa Katz, Newsday
There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world. Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
""Crumey has written a fantastic novel about a fantasy. . . . Real and unreal merge, interact, and form a tale that is part quirky amusement and part sly satire." --The Atlantic Monthly
"Crumey sends imagination and reason on a collision course. . . . Like a Viennese music box, Crumey's meditations on language and meaning are tightly wound machines." --Alyssa Katz, Newsday
"There is enchanting, provocative magic afoot in every layer of Crumey's world." --Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times
About the Author
Andrew Crumey studied Theoretical Physics and Mathematics at St. Andrews University and Imperial College, and did postdoctoral research at Leeds University on nonlinear dynamics. He received Scotland's Saltire Prize for Best First Novel for Music, In a Foreign Language. He lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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- PublisherDedalus Ltd
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 187398281X
- ISBN 13 9781873982815
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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