Several Deceptions: Four Novellas

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
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/19/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.65w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780618049332

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

About the Author
Stevenson, Jane: - JANE STEVENSON was born in London and brought up in London, Beijing, and Bonn. She teaches literature and history at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Several Deceptions, a collection of four novellas; a novel, London Bridges; and the acclaimed historical trilogy made up of the novels The Winter Queen, The Shadow King, and The Empress of the Last Days. Stevenson lives in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.