"Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tale its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality.a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so." - The New York Times "Recalls Garcia Marquez.magical touches dance like highlights over the brilliance of this fairy tale about passion, gambling, madness, and androgynous ecstasy." -Edmund White "A historical novel quite different from any is written with a living passion, an eyewitness immediacy.Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides." - Vanity Fair "The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk.As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down." - The New York Review of Books "The book has the enchanted pessimism of the best fairy tales.
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