Homunculus
by James P. Blaylock

Description:
Few writers dare attempt a historical fantasy in an effort to best Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, and Robert Louis Stevenson at their own game, but back in 1986 -- long before the current alternate history craze -- James Blaylock not only tried, but succeeded brilliantly.

Darkly atmospheric, Homonculus weaves together the stories of Narbondo -- a mad hunchback who works tirelessly to bring the dead back to life, of the members of the Trismegistus Club -- a surly group of scientists and philosophers who meet at Captain Powers' Pipe Shop, and of the homonculus -- a tiny man whose powers can drive men to murder.

Homonculus is a fascinating trip to a London that never existed ... but perhaps should have.