Megan Bell, Underground Books, Carrollton, GAĪn NPR and Kirkus Review Best Book of 2017, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction. I found myself entranced by the people populating this novel’s backwoods Victorian Essex and busy, gloomy London and the clashes they have at the borders of faith and reason, love and social justice.” “Sarah Perry’s Essex Serpent is as intricate, sublime, deep, dark, and mysterious as its titular character. Tina Ontiveros (W), Klindt's Booksellers, The Dalles, OR Summer 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List With beautiful sentences and characters and landscapes so well-crafted you feel you've been there, The Essex Serpent captures the imagination and manages to deliver the sense of wisdom only good literature can.” The real miracle of Sarah Perry is that she manages to do so with a completely fresh voice. Many contemporary authors manage to evoke for readers that experience of reading Jane Austen or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for the first time. “If you love mystery, Victorian England, and exploring the tension between science and religion, you will love The Essex Serpent.
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