Title: One of the most detailed and moving of the genre
Review: All of Vance's best qualities are present in this book,along with a less commonly seen depth of characterization,avoiding the tendency he sometimes (with great elan) displaysto make his characters examplars of mordant satiric qualities orcruel irony. The characters are sympathetic, the settingintricately detailed, the tortures and jests as pungentas ever, and the underlying sense of mystery quitegripping.It is too bad this book is not currently in print; I lookforward to its re-release.
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