---This from Pyr:

Hi everyone! I wanted to pass this along because Pyr is thanked here (with the Pyr logo!) as an advertiser who supported their Quill finalist - very exciting for us!

I hope you'll log on and vote for BRASYL (Ian McDonald; 978-1-59102-543-6)!

How many different ways can the future be imagined?

Reviewed by Jeff VanderMeer
Sunday, July 22, 2007; BW11

BRASYL

By Ian McDonald

Py . 357 pp. $25

Ian McDonald's Brasyl, with its three storylines, is as close to perfect as any novel in recent memory. It works because of great characterization, but also because McDonald envisions Brazil as a dynamic, living place that is part postmodern trash pile, part trashy reality-TV-driven ethical abyss . . . and yet also somehow spiritual. Whether it's Jesuit priest Luis Quinn's journey up the Amazon with a French spy in 1732, TV producer Marcelina Hoffman's search for a reviled former soccer player in 2006, or the exploits of the thief Edson Jesus Oliveira de Freitas in 2032 (and the mind-blowing scene in which he steals a futuristic purse), McDonald's novel is always in motion. This movement extends through time and alternate realities in ways both wonderful and wise, as the three storylines interlock for a satisfying and often stunning conclusion. McDonald has found new myths for old places; in doing so, he has cemented his reputation as an amazing storyteller.

Sincerely,

Marcia Rogers

Director of Special Sales

Prometheus Books

www.prometheusbooks.com