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“Stephen Brust is an amazing fantasy writer…It’s a book about a conspiracy to do good things in the world, a conspiracy to make other people happy…Conspiracies play a large place in noir. Often, the thing that’s being unwound by the noir protagonist is a conspiracy. In this case, the noir protagonist is the conspiracist. He’s part of a conspiracy, and it is in the nature of conspiracies that they often contain conspiracies of their own…What really conveys the noir flavor, as with all of Brust’s work, is his impeccable, absolutely brilliant, dry, noir voice. It’s funny, it’s wry, it’s understated. He is a genius in every way. The language is delicious, and the dialogue and the characters are great. You want to be around a bar with this group of characters.” Read more...
Cory Doctorow, Novelist
