![]() ![]() Liss has penned a strange and, yes, peculiar alternate history of late-nineteenth-century London that creates a mythology of the time through eccentric characters. But Thomas has more serious problems than those of a disaffected young man. Thomas's older brother Walter has trapped him in a tedious clerical job at the family bank in London, and Thomas is expected to wed a wealthy young woman in whom he has no interest. His newfound friends and fellow investigators include the woman his brother is forcing him to marry, who is referred to as the “Jewess” and who doesn’t want to marry Thomas, either a wolf-faced girl and the influential real-life occultist Aleister Crowley. He is a twenty-three-year-old man whose best days are behind him. Despite being a mathematical genius, Thomas is a little obtuse when it comes to the social issues of his era, until he evolves from a privileged clerk to an outlier driven to solve the mystery of the Peculiarities. As Thomas learns more about his symptoms, he realizes that the sudden presence of magic in Victorian London has some connection to his family’s bank, and his curiosity launches an absurd inquiry into suspicious banking practices, secret occult societies, and supernatural math equations. ![]() Every few hours, he sprouts a leaf, a sign that he has been afflicted by the Peculiarities, which can take many other forms, including rabbit births and lycanthropy. The Peculiarities by David Liss Sold by: Services LLC 4.2 (151) Kindle Edition 9499.99 Available instantly Randoms Book 1 of 3: Randoms by David Liss Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc 4. ![]()
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