Nicholas Griffin
2000
0-316-85444-1
Joseph Bendix arrives in London hoping to secure an apprenticeship with the reclusive Doctor Calcraft on the way to his own future and fortune.
Bendix and Calcraft experiment with the illegal remains of hanged prisoners, seeking a cure for an extraordinary malady belonging to an even more reclusive patient.
I got halfway through this book before deciding that I really didn't like Bendix or his arrogant observations about the people around him. The other characters are little better, and the more the story progressed the more it became a challenge to finish. From the saccharine, pure and perfect Amelia to the shifty, scheming Sixes, there were no characters that inspired any sympathy.
The ending was a mixture of ironic justice and too-tide epilogue, but I was more relieved to have finished it to take much notice.
Date Finished 24/09/07
Year Total 30
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