Several Deceptions: Four Novellas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618049332)

Acclaimed in England, these wicked and wonderfully entertaining novellas deal with the infinite human capacity for deception and self-deception. The four stories in this remarkably assured work are beautifully shaped and deftly plotted; each is narrated by a richly distinctive voice, and each ends with a genuine surprise. The themes are wide-ranging: the mysteries of identity, the pitfalls of intellectual arrogance, the damage wrought by cleverness, the role of time in human affairs.
SEVERAL DECEPTIONS is a dazzling debut; it gleams with intelligence and wit.

Author: Jane Stevenson
ISBN-10: 0618049339
ISBN-13: 9780618049332
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2000
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.65w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2000 pg. 1142
Publishers Weekly 08/14/2000 pg. 330
New York Times 11/05/2000 pg. 31
Booklist 09/01/2000 pg. 68
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2000