An earlier book, "Quin's Shanghai Circus" (1974) is also well worth consideration as it contains, in the writing style and within the theme of the novel, the seeds of what was to come in the Jerusalem sequence and is an excellent novel itself. Out of print for many years, all five books have been recently reissued by Old Earth Books from whom the books may be directly ordered.

Publishers Weekly described Edward Whittemore as "America's best unknown novelist".
It is to be hoped that the reissue of his novels will finally bring him the acclaim that is rightfully his. He is far too good to be overlooked, and it is tragic that his genius and his wonderfully wise novels have been ignored for so long.

This quotation from Jonathan Carroll puts it succinctly:

" Edward Whittemore was one of the great masters of magic realism. The fact that his work did not bring him renown in his lifetime is a shame and a travesty. He was truly one of the few writers I've ever encountered who through his stories, taught you how to see the world with different eyes, a different heart, and best of all, made your soul grow. Although he is gone, it is high time the world gave him his due. Tom Robbins? John Irving? Even God Vonnegut - forget 'em - read Whittemore"

- Anne Sydenham 2002 -

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