White Crow : Rats and Gargoyles', 'the Architecture of Desire' and 'Left to His Own Devices

by Mary Gentle and Aamna Qureshi

The White Crow, one-time Soldier-Scholar of the Invisible College and a practioner of Hermetic science and magic, and Baltazar Casaubon, architect and lover, a man not too particular about his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575075198
• ISBN13: 9780575075191
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Gollancz Paperbacks
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.8" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

White Crow

An omnibus edition containing Rats and Gargoyles, Architecture of Desire, two very nice short stories featuring similar characters and ideas to the first two, and a not-very-successful cyberpunk novella theoretically featuring the same characters. My reviews of Rats and Architecture are on this site under those titles - I found both gorgeous, difficult and wonderfully original. One of the short stories describes Valentine and Casaubon's first meeting, while the other is a characteristically slightly cruel story of a renegade King's Memory. I enjoyed both very much. I didn't find myself engaged by Left To His Own Devices. I recommend this attractive omnibus as an alternative to buying the two novels separately, especially since it contains the short stories as well.