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Low Town (2011)

av Daniel Polansky

Serier: Low Town (1)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.
In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its cham­pion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs. Every day is a constant hustle to find new customers and protect his turf from low-life competition like Tancred the Harelip and Ling Chi, the enigmatic crime lord of the heathens.
The Warden's life of drugged iniquity is shaken by his dis­covery of a murdered child down a dead-end street . . . set­ting him on a collision course with the life he left behind. As a former agent with Black House—the secret police—he knows better than anyone that murder in Low Town is an everyday thing, the kind of crime that doesn't get investi­gated. To protect his home, he will take part in a dangerous game of deception between underworld bosses and the psy­chotic head of Black House, but the truth is far darker than he imagines. In Low Town, no one can be trusted.
Daniel Polansky has crafted a thrilling novel steeped in noir sensibilities and relentless action, and set in an original world of stunning imagination, leading to a gut-wrenching, unforeseeable conclusion. Low Town is an attention-grabbing debut that will leave readers riveted . . . and hun­gry for more.
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A familiar trope of smartass antihero albeit well written. 3.5 ( )
  avinashav | Feb 13, 2024 |
Polansky likes to play with style, and that's in evidence on this early work, first in a series written as (of all things) hard-boiled fantasy. there's an interesting lead, Warden, a criminal who was once a detective for the Crown, and on the mean streets of Low Town with no authority he's still detecting. nicely written, nicely paced, and with real possibilities for an excellent series. ( )
  macha | Jan 5, 2023 |
[b:Low Town: A novel|9755449|Low Town A novel|Daniel Polansky|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51smVxxOY8L._SL75_.jpg|14644732] by [a:Daniel Polansky|4475715|Daniel Polansky|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1304705990p2/4475715.jpg] is a very well written fantasy/thriller. The fantasy elements are relatively minor, which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. It is an action-packed, fast-paced, thriller with an excellent conclusion. Palansky's vivid writing makes the scenes come alive, and the action never stops.

Thanks to Book Browse First Impressions for a chance to read the ARC of this wonderful book. ( )
  lpg3d | Nov 12, 2022 |
«Me llaman el Guardián. Hubo un tiempo en que estaba del lado de la ley. Ahora... digamos que estoy al margen. Dime cuál es tu veneno preferido y te lo conseguiré. ¿Aliento de hada? ¿Vid del sueño? El Guardián los tiene todos. Estás en los bajos fondos de Rigus, la ciudad más próspera de las Trece Tierras, donde las ratas salen mientras la gente honrada duerme, y la guardia hace la vista gorda. Admito los trapicheos, los rateros, los adictos y los matones callejeros. Pero ahora han asesinado a una niña y a nadie parece importarle. Así que tendré que tomar cartas en el asunto. Es en momentos como éste cuando necesitas conocer a las personas adecuadas. Y todos le deben algo al Guardián. No soy ningún héroe. Así están las cosas. Bienvenido a los bajos fondos.»
  Natt90 | Oct 26, 2022 |
I started Low Town Friday night. By Sunday evening, I was finishing the last few chapters of the 3rd book in the series and started to feel that empty, good ache one gets when you don't ever want the story to end--but you know it does. These books were amazing, from the gritty descriptions to the flippant dialogue. They went from a curious investment straight to favorites. ( )
  HotPinkMess | Jul 31, 2022 |
The first chapter of Low Town, Daniel Polansky’s debut novel, opens with a piss and closes with a puke. Between the two are terse introductions to thugs, pimps, pushers, and Low Town itself, the corrupt borough they infest. All this would be standard if Low Town were just a hardboiled detective yarn. It’s not. Instead, Polansky transplants his love of crime noir into a magic-steeped, secondary-world fantasy setting. It’s an inherently troublesome mash-up that could only work in the hands of a silly satirist or a deft, sensitive dramatist with the blackest sense of humor. Polansky is wholeheartedly the latter—and Low Town is brilliant proof.
 
A strong debut novel with a hero who doesn’t waste time worrying about the moral implications of cutting someone’s throat.
tillagd av ShelfMonkey | ändraKirkus Reviews (Jul 1, 2011)
 
Polansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel, a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime . . . Sharp, noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark Polansky as a writer with a future.
tillagd av ShelfMonkey | ändraPublishers Weekly (Jun 6, 2011)
 

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Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.
In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its cham­pion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs. Every day is a constant hustle to find new customers and protect his turf from low-life competition like Tancred the Harelip and Ling Chi, the enigmatic crime lord of the heathens.
The Warden's life of drugged iniquity is shaken by his dis­covery of a murdered child down a dead-end street . . . set­ting him on a collision course with the life he left behind. As a former agent with Black House—the secret police—he knows better than anyone that murder in Low Town is an everyday thing, the kind of crime that doesn't get investi­gated. To protect his home, he will take part in a dangerous game of deception between underworld bosses and the psy­chotic head of Black House, but the truth is far darker than he imagines. In Low Town, no one can be trusted.
Daniel Polansky has crafted a thrilling novel steeped in noir sensibilities and relentless action, and set in an original world of stunning imagination, leading to a gut-wrenching, unforeseeable conclusion. Low Town is an attention-grabbing debut that will leave readers riveted . . . and hun­gry for more.

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