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Michael Moorcock in Guardian (Review), May 2003
...Carroll has a unique and sophisticated vision... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from "THE NATION" (US) magazine, 26 Dec 2002

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This is vintage Carroll: ingeniously plotted, richly metaphorical and metaphysical with a seditious and very witty take on reality. Magic is everywhere in his universe, a universe I'm very comfortable revisiting. The truth about Carroll is that he's a magic realist who plunders our unconscious for profound emotional truths. He's been compared to Calvino, Dostoyevsky and even Jim Carrey. A dear friend joked to me that if Carroll Latinized his name and titled his novels "The Saucy Pantaloons of Alfredo Garcia" he would instantly find an American audience fond of literary exoticism.

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5.0 out of 5 stars White Apples, 15 Dec 2004

By	Carl Patrick (England) - See all my reviews

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I've read every one of Carroll's novels and I thought this one his best to date. I read it on holiday, which only added to the escapism that his novels plunge the reader into. Carroll's ideas and plot twists are a delight and I shall be buying a few extra copies this year to give to friends for Christmas presents. It's also very well written (as usual).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Carrolls Apples hits the spot, 25 Mar 2004

By	Gareth Wilson "drosdelnoch2" - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Upon picking up this novel I was quite intrigued by the premise on which it was based, having never come across such a novel before I was a little bit worried about the way in which the tale would play itself out as it isn't normally the sort of book on my reading pile. But that said what does the novel offer to the reader?

This novel gives the reader a number of things to play with firstly we discover the world though the eyes of its principle character and so we're not completely thrown in at the deep end into a world in which we have no understanding. The author breaks the reader in quite gently showing us a world into which we are all familiar before dropping the first bombshell of many upon the reader.

What really makes this novel is the unpredicatability of the author, not knowing exactly what he can do, ie not having read any of his previous novels, I was left thrilled with the twists and turns that are a trademark of this authors style of writing. This novel left the reader in as confused a state of mind as the novels protagonist and as such when the light switched on for the character it switched on to the reader as we made the discoveries that he did, this for me was a rather nice touch and added so many things that will keep the reader stuck to the novels pages until its end. Although quite a short novel its part of the authors charm that keeps the reader turning the pages and explaining another world that we have no idea exists, the concept of this novel itself will surely endear itself to the fantasy reader as well as more than likely transfer quite well to either a short story or a film should anyone be looking for an original plot or concept. That said, pick it up and give it a go.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book
I got very little sleep while reading this because I just could not put the book down. It was the literary equivalent of putting superglue on the cover. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Marc Lyth

5.0 out of 5 stars Love him or hate him
Jonathan Carroll has long been a favourite "eyebrow raiser" of mine, most of his books have moved me, one or two have not but then again is that not the nature of individualism... Read more

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Jonathan Carroll brings his uniquely compassionate perspective and off-kilter storytelling skills to this ancient, resonant theme, and the result is utterly enthralling. Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars Carroll continues his plummet into flatulence
Books like "Bones of the Moon" and "A Child Across The Sky" had seductive prose, exciting momentum and moral unease. Read more

Published on 13 Aug 2005 by Jason Mills

2.0 out of 5 stars too many threads - not enough content
Much as it pains me to write this, as a longtime Carroll fan, but this book is a oddly poor example from a normally great writer. Read more

Published on 26 May 2004 by Nigel Lancashire

1.0 out of 5 stars Yawn
Plodding story line that takes forever to develop. Creeping suburban banality throughout - token gay person - 'importance' of kids - blah blah blah. Read more

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"This is a book with a diabolical grin. It's also one of the most disturbing pieces of fiction you'll ever read, guaranteed to soak through into your subconscious and stay there... Read more

Published on 6 April 2003

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