Mercury (Livesey)

Book Reviews
[F]iercely intelligent.... [T]he novel unfolds patiently, through a chain of small and mostly well-intentioned deceptions that nevertheless yield catastrophe. [R]ich imagery that interweaves seamlessly with its textured evocation of everyday life.
Publishers Weekly


A prolific author and esteemed professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Livesey has written a tangled morality tale not about a horse but about a marriage and friendships disintegrating under the steady drip of secrets and half-truths. There's plenty for discussion here. —Sally Bissell, formerly with Lee Cty. Lib. Syst., Fort Myers, FL
Library Journal


Livesey’s story of loyalty, deceit, ambition, and moral ambiguity is a read-in-one-sitting, sublimely nuanced psychological exploration of personal ethics and responsibility ideal for book-discussion groups. —Carol Haggas
Booklist


(Starred review.) Another probing study of the way character shapes our destinies from [Margot Livesey].... A sharply sketched supporting cast adds to the depth and cumulative power of this grimly great novel. Uncharacteristically dark, yet more evidence of Livesey's formidable gifts.
Kirkus Reviews