Gypsy

by Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm

Book Overview

Cigany is the gypsy, stalking the city in a cloud of magic. Stepovich is the seasoned cop, who keeps finding dead bodies in the gypsy's wake. The Fair Lady is Queen of the Underworld, drawing them... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812524985
• ISBN13: 9780812524987
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

It worked for me.

To date this is my only 5 star review. This is one of only a handfull of books that I have purchased just to give away. I have put my money behind this book at least five times. The work blends "film noir" overtones with fantasy and the small tragedies of mens lives in way that moved me more than any work by a modern writer. Will this book work for everyone? I doubt it, but it is books like this that keep me purchasing each new book that he authors or co-authors. I also very much enjoyed the references to music and the small bits of poetry throughout the book.

I Read The Reviews AFTER Reading It.......

Thank God! I picked this up 15 years ago in a Public Library and was entranced by the mystique of gritty cop show and the otherworldliness which shrouds the characters and intricately interwoven plot. This time I bought and reread it afresh and despite a few typos and hard cop cliche notes I loved it. It is an incredibly unique and suspenseful read, but then I have a tendency to feel that magical worlds exist within our mundane world anyway. I just read the disappointed reviews and can only say this must be one of those works you either love or hate. However, now I'm intrigued enough to read more from these authors.

Beautiful

Its......beautiful. While so many people say that it's too bogged down with the mystic undertones, I believe that's what makes the book. Anytime you lack comprehension, it only brings a sense of joy when you finally do understand what's going on. That joyful tingle with run up and down your spine. Trying to understand it is like trying to understand your dreams. This book is like reading a dream.

A deft blend of fantasy and detective story

Brust and Lindholm blend elements of Hungarian fantasy and fable with a detective story that trudges through the noir underbelly of the big city, and soars in the mythical dark woods of fairy tales. THE GYPSY is pure magic!

A fabulous blend of cop thriller and fantasy!

This is a book which blends romance and fantasy most deftly into the grungiest of street-level murder mysteries. Again, Brust has created a one-of-a-kind fable. His Gypsy and his brothers spring to fully convincing life under Brust's pen; modern-day (or semi-modern) Romanian versions of the Fates. The unlikely mix of their street wise and romantic gypsy characters with near eternal responsibility makes them very appealing. Brust takes unusual ingredients, and blends them into an addictively delicious invention. Any more Gypsy books to come?