The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam
by Charles Palliser
1989 / 781 pages (Kindle)
rating 9 / 20th century fiction

Omg – I finished it!  Long, complex and puzzle-oriented, Quincunx is the much lauded debut novel by Charles Palliser which was published first in 1989 but has maintained some of its popularity.  I read it because I very much enjoyed Palliser’s 2013 novel, Rustication in January of this year.

Quincunx is basically a Dickens parody informed by the post-modern interests of Palliser’s own day. >>>>MORE>>>>