"What is the squirrel machine? Is it a rodent ensnarement device? A mechanism for concealing one's guarded harvest? An anachronistic fable? A meaningless diversion? Set in a fictional 19th Century New England town, the narrative initially details the relationship and maturation of Edmund and William Torpor. But the two brothers quickly elicit the scorn and recrimination of an unamused public when they reveal their musical creations built from strange technologies and scavenged animal carcasses. Driven to seek a concealment for their aberrant activities, they make a startling discovery. Perhaps they will divine the mystery of the squirrel machine" -- from publisher's web site.
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I could read another 100 pages of them just crawling through that weird mansion labyrinth. The detail is just immense, every inch of the page is covered with strange mechanisms and objects. The idea that all that being hidden underneath a sleepy New England town just pushes all the right buttons for me.
If the story was exclusively about that mystery and all the organic(?) instruments & machinery than I'd give it a ★★★★★ easily. Shame about the weird sex stuff though, super uncomfortable and didn't really need to be there.
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