"Vivid and elliptical... If you've ever asked yourself what would have happened if Philip Marlowe had been Odysseus... Here is a clue to the answer."-New WorldsTHE HUGO AWARD-WINNING FIRST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN by THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE broniCLES OF AMBER!Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about.
And, as Arts Commissioner, he's been given a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the ...
"Vivid and elliptical... If you've ever asked yourself what would have happened if Philip Marlowe had been Odysseus... Here is a clue to the answer."-New WorldsTHE HUGO AWARD-WINNING FIRST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN by THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE broniCLES OF AMBER!Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about.
And, as Arts Commissioner, he's been given a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes-especially when it is apparent that this places him at the center of high-level intrigue that has some bearing on the future of Earth itself!"Roger Zelazny [was] the compleat New Wave author, so daring he could pen nothing without perturbing some creaky icon...
so strong a writer, so moving in the sweep of his plots and imagery."-David Brin
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