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The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee; by Matthew Stadler
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The Stranger
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November 11, 2004
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There's a city set like a jewel inside Matthew Stadler's 1993 novel, The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee. It's a romantically drawn, glimmering port city of seven hills beneath changeable clouds. The city in the novel is unnamed, but beyond a doubt it is Seattle.
The sky can darken and split into storms, or else grow high and thin: It alters like a barometer of the protagonist's psyche. The book's ubiquitous rain, fog, and slick streets are dreamlike and imbued with comfort. This is the chilly city where you grew up, came of ...
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