“Deliciously brazen…a smart and seductive enchantment.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Astonishing narrative twists.”
—Newsday
“Superb storytelling. Fingersmith is gripping; so suspenseful and twisting is the plot that for the last 250 pages, I read at breakneck speed.”
—USA Today
“A deftly plotted thriller…absorbing and elegant.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“A marvelous pleasure…Waters’s noted attention to historical detail and her beautifully sensitive dialogue help to anchor the force-five plot twisters.”
—The Washington Post
“Calls to mind the feverishly gloomy haunts of Charlotte and Emily Brontë…Elaborate and satisfying.”
—The Seattle Times
“A sweeping read.”
—The Boston Globe
Entertainment Weekly’s Best Book WINNER
Lambda Literary Award WINNER
Man Booker Prize for Fiction WINNER
New York Times Notable Book WINNER
Orange Prize for Fiction WINNER