Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
Overall I enjoyed this book but it took some time to get going. During the first third only one piece of magic. It's only with the introduction of Jonathan Strange that things start to happen. There are some very nice ideas in here. Magic can be big. We're not talking paltry fireballs. I was impressed when they saved a town from invasion by moving the town, the entire town, to a different continent for a few days and then putting it back. The treatment of elves is different from anything I've seen before as well.
