The three protagonists have similarity names - Trent, Tarent, and Torrance - and at first that similarity is left maddeningly unexplained. Early on, the book establishes three distinct storylines: one set in a grim future fraught with climate-change catastrophes, one set in World War I, and one set in World War II. Interconnectedness is The Adjacent's salvation. Priest has always worked on a large scale, but his canvas has never been more sprawling. Not only does he weave together multiple storylines that span millennia, he's added parallel universes to the equation - some of which echo back to his previous novels, ones that never seemed meant to do anything but stand alone. He's also gone off the deep end - that is, a deeper end than he ever has before. in 2013 and finally getting a stateside release), Priest has once again gone elaborate. With his latest book The Adjacent (published in the U.K. Even 1996's The Prestige - his most accessible work, and the source of the Christopher Nolan film of the same name - was a study in dizzying puzzle-craft. How?Īs far back as his 1973 breakthrough novel, the Hugo-nominated Inverted World, Christopher Priest has specialized in intricate, speculative-fiction mysteries. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Adjacent Author Christopher Priest
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