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"You'll be glued to the page." -- People, Pick of the Week "Livesey knows her way around human desire and disappointment. Like the recent blockbusters Gone Girl and Fates and Furies, Mercury gives us a marriage from alternating perspectives. Unlike those books, there is no looming gimmick or twist. The parties involved agree on what has happened. The question is whether or not their love can survive it." -- The New Yorker "Margot Livesey should be better known... [She] writes as well as anyone and is clearly steeped in the literary canon... She's a patient builder of complex characters who are often brought face to face with uncomfortable truths about themselves." -- Mark Kamine, Wall Street Journal "MERCURY explores that thrilling, terrifying moment when grief turns blind, when passion becomes obsession. 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Livesey, in her riveting novel MERCURY, portrays a couple in their season of crisis. Patiently, precisely, she unfolds the layers of their drama, at once quiet and extreme. She'll make you wonder how well you know your spouse." -- Claire Messud, author of THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS "Gripping." -- New York Post "The inimitable Margot Livesey has written an unforgettable story of a couple in the midst of their marriage's dissolution. No one has a better understanding of human nature." -- Lit Hub "A page-turner." -- Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star "No one plumbs the depths of ordinary human folly and its consequences like the brilliantly perceptive Margot Livesey. Be prepared: MERCURY will take you on quite a ride." -- Julia Glass, author of AND THE DARK SACRED NIGHT "An enigmatic, unhappy marriage is at the center of Livesey's ninth novel... Secrets and lies lurk in the background." -- Newsday "MERCURY demonstrates Tolstoy's dictum: all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. 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Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury-a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past-arrives at Windy Hill and everything changes. Mercury's owner, Hilary, is a newcomer to town who has enrolled her daughter in riding lessons. When she brings Mercury to board at Windy Hill, everyone is struck by his beauty and prowess, particularly Viv. As she rides him, Viv begins to dream of competing again, embracing the ambitions that she had harbored, and relinquished, as a young woman. Her daydreams soon morph into consuming desire, and her infatuation with the thoroughbred escalates to obsession. Donald may have 20/20 vision but he is slow to notice how profoundly Viv has changed and how these changes threaten their quiet, secure world. By the time he does, it is too late to stop the catastrophic collision of Viv's ambitions and his own myopia. At once a tense psychological drama and a taut emotional thriller exploring love, obsession, and the deceits that pull a family apart, Mercury is a riveting tour de force that showcases this "searingly intelligent writer at the height of her powers" (Jennifer Egan).
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