Media Reviews
[A] probing study of the way character shapes our destinies. Livesey, a Scottish transplant whose brilliant novels are underknown in her adopted country . A sharply sketched supporting cast adds to the depth and cumulative power yet more evidence of Livesey s formidable gifts. --Kirkus, starred review
Livesey s story of loyalty, deceit, ambition, and moral ambiguity is a read-in-one-sitting, sublimely nuanced psychological exploration of personal ethics and responsibility ideal for book-discussion groups. --Carol Haggas, Booklist
A fiercely intelligent exploration of the ways blindness to ourselves, others, and the power of passion and grief can divide us and transform us.... Livesey s skillful play with the title s many meanings... gives her narrative a rich imagery that interweaves seamlessly with its textured evocation of everyday life. --Publishers Weekly
Livesey has a penchant for creating a sense of foreboding in her novels.... A tangled morality tale not about a horse but about a marriage and friendships disintegrating under the steady drip of secrets and half-truths. --Sally Bissell, Library Journal
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
You ll be glued to the page. --People, Pick of the Week
Consuming.... Explores themes of honesty and understanding by showing the impact that obsessions grief, rapacity can have on a marriage. --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
Livesey s prose has a brusque sensuality. It reads lucid and forthright and lean.... Livesey roots tension not just in the bones but the very marrow of the book. --Leah Hager Cohen, Boston Globe
An enigmatic, unhappy marriage is at the center of Livesey s ninth novel..... Secrets and lies lurk in the background. --Newsday
Multi-layered domestic dramas are Margot Livesey s specialty. In Mercury, she again probes contradictions in human relationships, this time orbiting the often perilous abyss of middle age and casting her gaze on matters of perception in both literal and figurative terms. --Shelf Awareness
A page-turner. --Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star
Gripping. --New York Post
This remarkable, powerful novel takes its title from a horse: a beautiful, dapple-gray thoroughbred that becomes the object of obsession and the pivotal point of author Margot Livesey s richly complex story. --Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times
Livesey knows her way around human desire and disappointment. Like the recent blockbusters GONES 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. --New York Times
Delving into the subtler miscommunications of even the most intertwined lives [MERCURY] underlines the small efforts people make to carve out autonomy within a marriage. --Chloe Schama, New York Times Book Review
A probing morality study that chips away at the age-old question: Would you turn in a loved one if you knew they did something reprehensible? Better yet: When, if ever, is it OK to lie? --Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle
Thrilling. --Helen T. Verongos, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fast-paced, with the feel of life as lived .In Livesey, as in Chekhov, when a gun turns up in a domestic drama, it s bound to go off. --Dan DeLuca, Philly Inquirer
Consuming.... Explores themes of honesty and understanding by showing the impact that obsessions--grief, rapacity--can have on a marriage. --The New Yorker
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 GONES 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. --New York Times
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
Livesey's prose has a brusque sensuality. It reads lucid and forthright and lean.... Livesey roots tension not just in the bones but the very marrow of the book. --Leah Hager Cohen, Boston Globe
Delving into the subtler miscommunications of even the most intertwined lives... [MERCURY] underlines the small efforts people make to carve out autonomy within a marriage. --Chloe Schama, New York Times Book Review
A fiercely intelligent exploration of the ways blindness -- to ourselves, others, and the power of passion and grief -- can divide us and transform us.... Livesey's skillful play with the title's many meanings... gives her narrative a rich imagery that interweaves seamlessly with its textured evocation of everyday life. --Publishers Weekly
Gripping. --New York Post
A probing morality study that chips away at the age-old question: Would you turn in a loved one if you knew they did something reprehensible? Better yet: When, if ever, is it OK to lie? --Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle
Thrilling. --Helen T. Verongos, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fast-paced, with the feel of life as lived....In Livesey, as in Chekhov, when a gun turns up in a domestic drama, it's bound to go off. --Dan DeLuca, Philly Inquirer
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
This remarkable, powerful novel takes its title from a horse: a beautiful, dapple-gray thoroughbred that becomes the object of obsession and the pivotal point of author Margot Livesey's richly complex story. --Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times
A page-turner. --Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star
An enigmatic, unhappy marriage is at the center of Livesey's ninth novel..... Secrets and lies lurk in the background. --Newsday
[A] probing study of the way character shapes our destinies.... Livesey, a Scottish transplant whose brilliant novels are underknown in her adopted country.... A sharply sketched supporting cast adds to the depth and cumulative power... yet more evidence of Livesey's formidable gifts. --Kirkus, starred review
Livesey's story of loyalty, deceit, ambition, and moral ambiguity is a read-in-one-sitting, sublimely nuanced psychological exploration of personal ethics and responsibility ideal for book-discussion groups. --Carol Haggas, Booklist
Livesey has a penchant for creating a sense of foreboding in her novels.... A tangled morality tale not about a horse but about a marriage and friendships disintegrating under the steady drip of secrets and half-truths. --Sally Bissell, Library Journal
Multi-layered domestic dramas are Margot Livesey's specialty. In Mercury, she again probes contradictions in human relationships, this time orbiting the often perilous abyss of middle age and casting her gaze on matters of perception in both literal and figurative terms. --Shelf Awareness
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