- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm); Reprint edition (July 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553562827
- ISBN-13: 978-0553562828
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 93,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the great cities of a dying empire and on the battlefields of Roman legions, Thorn, an abandoned waif, witnesses human beings at their most brutal and their most noble. Reprint. NYT.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A very good book enjoying every minute of it so far.Will need to get the next one soon I think its called "Spandle"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The first of its kind that I ever read. It follows Thorn throughout his life and the trials and challenges contained within. You really feel for the character and the messes he finds himself in (think back to the birthmark - if you've read it).
I definitely recommend reading this book. It's a wonderfully written creative narrative, incredibly entertaining.
I definitely recommend reading this book. It's a wonderfully written creative narrative, incredibly entertaining.
It's good enough that I have re-read it a few times to enjoy it all over again.
(N.B. I use the term 'himself' as Thorn usually identifies himself as male)
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Like Gary Jennings' other books (and I've read a number of them), this one is, as far as I can tell, impeccably researched. But more than anything it is a page turner which is just as well because it runs to well over 1000 pages.
It would be so easy for such a long book about the latter days of the Roman empire and the rise of the Goths to become a pretty turgid historical affair, but as ever Gary Jennings has woven together a thrilling story with extraordinary characters. It is always informative and enjoyable, but never high-brow or difficult to read.
If you've read any other books by this author then you'll recognise his style: the unusual main character (in this case a hermaphrodite who lives life alternately as male and female), the collection of grotesque minor characters, plenty of sex and violence and a very healthy dose of historical fact.
It's hard to recommend too highly, and if you like this then you'll almost certainly also enjoy Aztec, Spangle and The Journeyer by the same author.
It would be so easy for such a long book about the latter days of the Roman empire and the rise of the Goths to become a pretty turgid historical affair, but as ever Gary Jennings has woven together a thrilling story with extraordinary characters. It is always informative and enjoyable, but never high-brow or difficult to read.
If you've read any other books by this author then you'll recognise his style: the unusual main character (in this case a hermaphrodite who lives life alternately as male and female), the collection of grotesque minor characters, plenty of sex and violence and a very healthy dose of historical fact.
It's hard to recommend too highly, and if you like this then you'll almost certainly also enjoy Aztec, Spangle and The Journeyer by the same author.
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