![]() For the past decade, people have been tormented by diabolical creatures called the Elegants and are often morphing into Peculiarities, such as wolf people, tree people, and females who mysteriously birth rabbits. From the onset, Thomas and his new friends grasp at straws, trying to guess what is happening at Thresher’s Bank and in London on the brink of the twentieth century. In The Peculiarities by David Liss, magical realism meets fantasy meets cautionary tale, resulting in a complex story that is sure to astound and entertain any reader who is game for an offbeat and extraordinary adventure. And so begins this fantastical tale of greed, secrets, peculiarities, bravery, and mettle beyond measure. Nothing is as it seems, and Thomas soon embarks on a mysterious and quite deadly quest for the truth hidden within the bank, his brother’s house, and several strategically located buildings throughout London. ![]() After his father’s death, the older son, Walter, takes over Thresher’s Bank and cryptically brings the previously shunned Thomas into the fold as a junior clerk. ![]() Thomas Thresher is the younger son in a banking family in 1899 London. We often become heroes when we have nothing left to lose and when doing the right thing takes precedence over personal gain and comfort. ![]() “Sometimes magic is spectacular, but sometimes it is merely ordinary.” ![]()
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