Those who have been reading him for three decades now, since the strange and peculiar Illywhacker, will find that he does not disappoint in this new novel and is as eccentric and mesmerising as ever. … novel Carey takes us into the world of horology and clockwork toys, the engineering of which led, he says, to the invention of the internal combustion engine that now powers all our road vehicles and for which oil is now required, and all that it implies for humanity. …

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