FICTION

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street -- HIPPO TEST

by Natasha Pulley
Bloomsbury. Jul. 2015. 336p. ISBN 9781620408339. $26. MAGICAL REALISM
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What a treasure Pulley offers here. Set in the late 1800s and featuring a mechanical (and likely alive) octopus, a telegraphist, a watchmaker, and a woman physicist from Oxford, the novel unfolds with an addictive sense of discovery. Readers will have to focus on every word, every occurrence, until the last period on the last page, and then, much like a blooming flower tea, will soak in the sheer joy of Pulley’s magical, tender, smart creation.
VERDICT The book that launched her career, and the first in a lovely, meandering set of connected tomes.
Reviewed by Neal Wyatt , Apr 01, 2024
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