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Matthew A.J. Timmins's Debut Novel

The Miseries of Mister Sparrows

Robin Sparrows is a humble clerk at Winston Winston & Crumpet, the wickedest law firm in all of Victoria's empire. Charged with delivering a mysterious box to the arch-fiend Kermit J. Tarnish, his life of quiet misery is transformed into a quagmire of murder, mud, and madness. 

Unwilling, unaided, and unprepared, Robin must wander the fog-drenched streets of the capital hunting the last man he wants to find while confronting brutish valets, quarrelsome cross-dressers, dithering policemen, forlorn soldiers, and sneering phantoms. Until at last, he uncovers the scandalous truth behind a shameful war. 


​Reviews​

     "Blending a classic Victorian narrative style with elements of both detective and fantasy novels, "The Miseries of Mr. Sparrows" delivers a fully formed world so well realized you begin to wonder if our reality is actually the fictional one. "   Read Full Review


     "Dickensian in its squalor and cartoonish humour, each chapter titled with the “In which” of a nineteenth-century novel, The Miseries of Mister Sparrows cannot help but make the reader laugh at its quirky characters... Matthew Timmins boldly sets out to pastiche the humour of P.G. Wodehouse...."   Read Full Review 


     "...it's easy to get caught up in the imaginative faux-Victorian world and the various colorful characters who populate it. The writing is smooth and fluid and witty, making it a joy to read ..."  Read Full Review