Gentlemen of the Road was Michael Chabon's attempt at injecting the swashbuckler into the tradition of Jewish fiction (a feat that I myself always wanted to accomplish, and still hope to build upon). It is set in and around Khazaria, a Jewish country of the Middle Ages that sat in Turkic lands, and ...
Wonderfully written, and of course I fall in love with books that mention Armenians in the first three pages. The story was fun and captivating, the prose beautiful and the length perfect. Good for people that like adventuresome historical fiction.
Chabon's adventure novel seems promising as he introduces his colorful heros - the hulking Abyssinian who wields a viking battle axe by the name of "Mother Defiler" and the pale, black-clad scarecrow of a European healer. Unfortunately, the quest fails to compel and the novel ends up being less than...
"There comes a point in an author's career when he can write anything and his fans will snatch it off the shelves without even reading the cover. ..." (read my complete Amazon.com review here)Note: While I critique both purchased and free books in the same way, I'm legally obligated to tell you I re...
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