I wasn't familiar with James Morrow's previous work, but grabbed this one at the library upon reading the back cover which had a review of the Last Witchfinder described by USA Today as "A book to delight fans of writers such as John Barth...".

This was the only time I can recall a review calling on the fans of Barth (how many of us are really out there?) so I grabbed this one and will probably read the other eventually.

I didn't find the Philospher's Apprentice to be as good as I thought it could have been. The opening concept was intriguing and rife with possibilities. The introduction of the immaculoids was also interesting. Yet it seemed the lesson taught on the Titanic Redux was old and uninspired. I also got the feeling that the story got to a "here we are, now what" moment and Morrow wrapped up as tightly and quickly as he could with what he had to work with.

I'll try the Last Witchfinder as this book was interesting, but not great.