It's been awhile since Pontifica has officially recommended a book, but the hour has arrived. I've just finished Fingersmith, a smashing, jaw-dropping 548-page Victorian Gothic mystery. I snatched it up yesterday and just put it down with the utmost reluctance, having re-read the last few pages in a desperate attempt to will another couple of chapters onto the end. Charming Girlfriend read it before me (it was from her hand that I snatched it), during which time there was much gasping and exclaiming. Naturally I would peer over her shoulder to see what all the fuss was about, only to have her slam the book shut so that I couldn't inadvertently pick up any clues. "You can't read ahead," she hissed when she finally handed the book over. "Promise me you won't read ahead." (She knows I am a reader-aheader.) I kept my promise, though sometimes I had to cover the part of the page I hadn't yet read so my untrustworthy eyes couldn't jump forward.
I envy those fortunate book-lovers who haven't read this gem yet. Sarah Waters. Have you heard of her? She also wrote Tipping the Velvet and Affinity (both adapted into miniseries for the BBC), but Fingersmith surpasses them and just about everything else I've ever read. Ever! Go get this book. Then clear your schedule.
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