Thomas begins as a junior clerk and believes he will make his way up through the ranks. But his father’s will stipulated that Thomas would work in the family bank and not receive an inheritance until he had proved himself an asset to the bank. Thomas had assumed that he would live as a gentleman of leisure. Does their regular appearance mean he is undergoing a metamorphosis? He can pick them off easily, leaving only small blemishes, “the size of pinpricks-whiter and slightly firmer than the surrounding skin”. Thomas has been discovering that leaves are growing on his body. The Peculiarities also touch Thomas Thresher, a young man from a banking family. Women are giving birth to litters of rabbits, people are transforming into trees and animals, and vicious, not-quite-human Elegants are prowling the streets. A pervasive fog covers the city, and strange things are happening, known as “the Peculiarities”.
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