BOOKS THE CONFUSION
“Vast, splendid and absorbing . . . one can’t call anything about the Baroque Cycle “brisk,” but the richness of detail and language lending verisimilitude to the setting and depth of the characters should be reward enough.”
““Stephenson might just have created the definitive historical-sci-fi-epic-pirate-comedy-punk-love story. No easy feat.””
“As rollicking and overstuffed as its predecessor.”
“Help! I’m being held captive by an historic . . . trilogy the size of a Volkswagon. What’s more, I don’t want to be rescued.”
“One of the most interesting pieces of current fiction in any genre.”
“Monumental . . . combines adventure with Big Ideas and lots of intrigue.”
“Most impressive of all is the audacity with which Stephenson explores his central theme, the nature of money . . . THE CONFUSION’S plentiful surprises suggest the second-guessing Stephenson is strictly a fool’s game.”