Justan Autor

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June 2025


A partisan to the picaresque and pastiche. Not for fans of simple sentences.

Justan Autor came late to the wicked joy of novels, having first tried his hand at most of the civilised arts: he painted pictures, trimmed hedgerows into obedience, stitched respectable garments, and wooed a pianoforte into confessing melodies. Only thereafter did he discover that narrative mischief suited him best.

A devotee of the 18th and 19th‑century masters, he writes in a classical key with a modern tempo—history that crackles, characters with inconvenient desires, and a burlesque glint when daggers flash. His first novel ushers readers into 1790s Switzerland: mountains, intrigue, and a hero who frequently collides with his own better judgement.

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"✨ Book Review: Love & Money: A Satirical Victorian Romance & The Audacious History of a Gentleman Highwayman by Justan Autor & Katerina Dunne ✨

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A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe
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