Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

This has to be the most unusual and difficult book to pin a genre on and that makes it glorious. Piranesi is a caretaker of sorts of an elaborate multi-level, multi-wing, multi corridor dwelling that seems to go on forever. Each hall is filled with statues that reminded me a bit of that weird house in Game of Thrones - The House of Black and White. There is no real way of telling time other than the one that Piranesi has developed but he is given some guidance and notice of disasters during his meetings with THE OTHER (all knowing big man in charge). Piranesi becomes aware of another who he is forbidden to talk to but starts communicating with anyway and falls deeper down the Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole. Reading this book you begin to take on the role of an anthropologist studying a new culture searching for clues. It is a wonderful unique romp down a rabbit hole and Piranesi is instantly endearing. Fans of Erin Morganstern will enjoy the twists.  4 stars