An absolutely extraordinary novel, possessing a wondrous imaginative scope and a uncompromising, often unnerving strangeness that makes it very difficult to describe. It's also difficult to recommend without fair warning: it is unrelentingly weird, dense, difficult, and in many ways its true mean...
I read Soldiers of Paradise for the first time 20 years ago. I just read it again and am happy to say it still holds all the same beauty and mystery as it did for me as a teenager. This novel is so dense despite its slim size, it can't be read in a sitting. A few pages reveal a world of unlimited...