The Peculiarities
David Liss
9781616963583
336 pages
Tachyon Publications Llc
Overview
This delightfully surprising alternate-history mystery features much more than the reader bargains for: a clueless young nobleman in London, a shocking family secret, an unlikely love triangle…and a battle against supernatural forces featuring Aleister Crowley, a secret society, and cursed rabbits.
Author David Liss has penned a series of successful historical novels, including the Edgar Award-winner, A Conspiracy of Paper; The Coffee Trader; A Spectacle of Corruption, The Ethical Assassin; and The Devil's Company. The Peculiarities will appeal strongly to Liss fans, as well as to a cross section of readers of alternative histories, occult/wiccan-inspired fiction, and Lovecraftian works.
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Author Bio
David Liss is the author of fourteen novels, as well as numerous novellas, short stories, and comics. His previous books include A Conspiracy of Paper, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and won the 2001 Barry, Macavity and Edgar Awards. The Coffee Trader (2003) was also named a New York Times Notable Book and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the year’s 25 Books to Remember. He is also the author of the middle grade Randoms series.
Many of Liss's novels are currently being developed for television or film. He has worked on numerous comics projects, including Black Panther and Mystery Men for Marvel, The Spider and Green Hornet for Dynamite, and Angelica Tomorrow.
Liss lives in San Antonio with his wife and children.
