As Alexis writes, “The novels in this sequence of five do not tell a single story. Events of previous books are questioned in subsequent books, though never directly enough to forge a dynamic narrative connection between the books. Characters from one book, for example, make appearances in another, shifting from background to foreground (or vice versa). While each novel stands alone, and can be read in isolation, the novels have begun to bleed into one another as the sequence has progressed. Alexis has used the form to explore, over the course of five short novels, themes such as faith, love, hate, reason, power and place (among others), with each book also using “a distinct genre of novel,” including the apologue (the Giller Prize-winning “Fifteen Dogs,” Quincunx #2), and the puzzle novel (“The Hidden Keys,” Quincunx #4).
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