Joe Abercrombie: Best Served Cold, and Lee Marvin and Machiavelli
Jeff VanderMeer • August 9th, 2009 @ 7:38 pm • Culture
Junot Diaz-blurbed Joe Abercrombie has a new novel out called Best Served Cold. This past week he’s been guest blogging on Omnivoracious, talking about his novel and the influence of, among others, Machiavelli. It’s an interesting look at cross-pollination between heroic fantasy and other genres and approaches.
Lee Marvin and Seedy Underbellies
Machiavelli and Medieval Total War
August 10, 2009 at 9:16 am
You really have to read this one, it’s a brilliant book and also a ’standalone’, in that you don’t really have to read the trilogy before it, however, I’m glad that I did.
I would also advise anyone not to read this whilst eating, some parts are very gruesome and stomach-turning.