Borrowed Man

Gene Wolfe novels are often like those ingenious Japanese puzzle boxes--familiar, elegant surfaces that slide apart in unexpected ways. -The Chicago Tribune Intriguing and rewarding novel, fast paced and lively. --Los Angeles Review of Books Gene Wolfe has always been one of the most inventive and literary science fiction writers of our day. --SFRevu Wolfe (The Land Across) builds this SF noir into a strange, unsettling story, deceptively simple and old-fashioned in style and plot, but full of disturbing details that are intensified by the deadpan humor and matter-of-fact flatness of Smithe's narrative voice. --Publishers Weekly Best known for his four-volume Book of the New Sun series, Wolfe is often regarded as one of speculative fiction's most literary craftsmen, infusing his works with multiple layers of meaning. Without relinquishing his superlative skill at creating interesting characters while spinning a good story, Wolfe offers a refreshing change of pace here with a futuristic mystery novel featuring an unusual first-person narrator. --Booklist The best thing about A Borrowed Man is the way its not-human hero grips your sympathy ... Don't ask what happens if he's returned overdue. Librarians hate when that happens. --Tom Shippey of the Wallstreet Journal What initially seems an oddball murder mystery that is, almost inevitably with Wolfe, a good deal more than it initially seems to be. - Locus Wolfe is a grand master of the genre, and this is an absorbing tale, full of noirish elements and fun sf flourishes. -Library Journal