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Set This House in Order
A Romance of Souls
by Matt Ruff
a.b.e-book v3.0 / Notes at EOF


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Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . It was no ordinary
murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only
his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their
own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . .

While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary
house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam,
the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and
Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own.
Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a fact that Penny is only
partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees,
setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and
Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping. . . from himself.

"[Ruff] has realized speculative fiction's great potential for exploring the dynamic edges of human
consciousness." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Irresistible." -- New York Times Book Review

"Addictive." -- Portland Oregonian

"Wildly inventive." -- Boston Globe



Inside Quotes:
Praise for Set This House in Order

"Set This House in Order, though equally irresistible, is a bolder book, an odyssey of transformation
and trust rather than a clamorous symphony of a thousand." -- New York Times Book Review

"His matter-of-fact depiction of the relationships between different personalities is remarkable for its
imaginative details." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Set This House in Order brings extraordinary warmth to the chilliest of childhoods." -- O magazine

"Ruff has realized speculative fiction's great potential for exploring the dynamic edges of human
consciousness." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A stunning feat of literary craftsmanship." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Set This House in Order is one of those rare opportunities to marvel at good writing, as the characters