But to play one thought while thinking three or four others and moving dexterously around a stage or film set is the essential professional requirement.
But the plot of this novel, as intricate and dexterously spun as it is (its hanging threads knitting together pleasingly, seamlessly), is not what makes this debut such a dazzler.
As with the other two in the series, the logic of time travel is dexterously played with but never taken too seriously like so many others in the genre.