Tigana

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• VieElm · May 22, 2015 · Recommends

  If anyone is interested in a great single volume fantasy book, I recommend Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. It's a very good book.

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• Kirby · Jul 16, 2009 · Recommends

  …and picked up 10 random fantasy novels. You might conclude that they're all just cookie cutter pablum - most are - but then you miss out on George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice, Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana, LeGuin's Earthsea, and other truly excellent works of fiction. But like anything, it takes some investment to tell the good from the bad. If you just watch Jon & Kate Plus 8, Entertainment Tonight,…

• runevault · Feb 19, 2016 · Recommends

  Check out Guy Gavriel Kay. He's go a bit of a poet's background and writes utterly heart wrenching prose. Can start most anywhere with him, but I'd recommend Tigana, Lions of al'Rassan, or Under Heaven as great starting points.

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• BerislavLopac · Nov 13, 2017 · Recommends

  The Liveship Traders trilogy (Robin Hobb) The Earthsea tri(penta)logy (Ursula LeGuin) Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay) Gentlemen Bastards (aka Locke Lamora) series (Scott Lynch) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke) If you're in the mood for something more modern, I'm highly recommending…

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