by Charles Palliser · Penguin Group(CA) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140177626
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«The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam» is the historical mystery novel by Charles Palliser, published by Penguin Group(CA) in paperback (1248 pages, in English).
The novel is set in Victorian England and tells the story of John Huffam, a young man pursued by an inherited threat that also marked his mother. The key lies in a document written half a century earlier, capable of awakening greed, hatred and madness and of deciding the fate of five families around the symbol of the quincunx.
The novel was originally published in 1989 and won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. This paperback edition from Penguin Group(CA) appeared in 1995 and includes an afterword by the author.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction who enjoy extensive plots, Victorian settings and homages to nineteenth-century fiction.
Charles Palliser is an American-born and British-based novelist. His most well-known novel, The Quincunx, has sold over a million copies internationally. He is the elder brother of the late author and freelance journalist Marcus Palliser.
