- Paperback: 306 pages
- Publisher: Dial Books (imprint of Dell Publishing) (1 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385342403
- ISBN-13: 978-0385342407
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.8 x 20.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,236,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A novel of magic, a noir romance and mystery, set in a real and imagined New York.
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On a snowy night in February, at the improbable point in Lower Manhattan where Waverly Place intersects Waverly Place, a photographer named Leo meets Veronica for the first time. Starkly beautiful, mysterious, aloof, she leads him into a world where illusion blends seamlessly with reality—a luminously transformed city where powerful underground streams crisscross beneath the streets, a city of dragonpoints and Tibetan mysticism where real time is magically altered. Ten years have passed since Veronica’s father, the famous magician Albin White, disappeared while performing a dangerous feat of time travel before a packed theater audience. White’s disappearance was no accident: he was sabotaged by his apprentice Starwood, who interfered at a critical moment and sent him hurtling into the past, free to explore other eras but with no means of returning to the present.
Until Veronica finds Leo…
Until Veronica finds Leo…
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Format:Paperback
From start to finish this wonderful piece of romantic magic realism is a roller coaster ride. It's filled with magic moments; almost every page displays an astonishing imagination at work. Why is this novel not better know? There is enough here for it to be a pleasure when read again and again. Truly astonishing.
The plot itself is a fairly simple tale of battling magicians, once all the mysteries and magic are explained, but the suspense is held right up to the final pages. The characters, too, are a curious bunch. If it has a flaw at all it is perhaps in the rather dispassionate nature of the narrator, and also in the rather muddled descriptions of the Empire State Building and the battle between the magicians. This is odd, because, eslewhere, the sense of place is very sharp.
These are quibbles, though, and this is highly recommended. Fans of Jonathan Carroll who can't wait for his new one would be well advised to try this.
The plot itself is a fairly simple tale of battling magicians, once all the mysteries and magic are explained, but the suspense is held right up to the final pages. The characters, too, are a curious bunch. If it has a flaw at all it is perhaps in the rather dispassionate nature of the narrator, and also in the rather muddled descriptions of the Empire State Building and the battle between the magicians. This is odd, because, eslewhere, the sense of place is very sharp.
These are quibbles, though, and this is highly recommended. Fans of Jonathan Carroll who can't wait for his new one would be well advised to try this.
Format:Paperback
I read this book a few years ago and it is so engaging that it has become part of my psyche! 'Veronica' expands thoughts, previous beliefs and makes you wonder what is truly possible. Beauty, poetry, & possibilities become a delicious mix. I highly reccomend it!
Format:Paperback
i have to say that i have never read a book like this before, it was highly original, well paced and totally obsorbing. i just wish i could find my own leo. one of those books that deserves a second if not third reading.
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