![]() The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a charming and quietly profound disquisition on predestination, chance and fate.” ― The Guardian ![]() How their stories combine, and how Pulley juggles the complex plot and throws in multiple surprises, are but two of the many delights of a first novel that has been garnering a lot of attention. “Elegant plotting, lashings of invention and jump-off-the-page characterization. self-fulfillment in this diverting and original first novel.” ― Dallas Morning News Amid this thriller-like plot, Pulley raises thought-provoking questions about free will, fate and identity-making for a rich brew of historical fantasy, philosophy and emotion." ― Washington Post The Watchmaker of Filigree Street might be compared to one of Mori’s clockwork birds: intricate, charming and altogether surprising." ― The New York Times Book Review Pulley’s prose is strong and energetic, with a wry edge, and even the most minor characters are drawn precisely. A delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving book. ![]() ![]() ![]() It dances between genres and makes partners of several: one could call it steampunk for its Victoriana and etheric experimentation, science fiction for its musings on determinism, historical fantasy for the ways in which those elements are seamlessly blended with late 19th century London. “Humor, wit, mystery and danger are threaded through the book in musical measure. ![]()
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