Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (2nd Ed.)

This unconventional and breath-taking tour de force does not have a "plot" in the ordinary sense, though one could describe it as a quest for the Star of Bethlehem. It reflects the author's fascination with old books; indeed, this volume comprises a straightforward record of the excavation of "historical" minutiae and "forgotten" manuscripts, which, when assembled WITH the manuscripts' contents, IS the novel. It knits together a transcribed oral memoir, newspaper clippings, and myriad letters and journal pages from across two millennia, interspersed with the author's own ironic observations. Those unearthed documents are presented in a series of prefaces, introductions, forewords, and afterwords that (with tongue firmly in cheek) challenge the structure of the conventional novel, while flirting with the crossover and steampunk genres, and including a cameo appearance by the Great Detective. If you like this sort of thing, you may find it "stunning" as did genre authority Gary Lovisi.