Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 26, 2008 8:23:08 GMT
Apollon Zamp is a resourceful showboat captain who entertains the river people with his extravaganzas. An antihero in the mould of Cugel but with more remdeeming features (or perhaps less opportuities to be naughty) he attempts to seduce his mysterious new actress, the beautiful Damsel Blanche-Aster. Zamp is largely unsuccessful.
Prompted by an invitation to entertain a far off king for unimaginable riches his boat is scuppered by a rival and with the aid of Blanch- Aster he cajoles the miserly Throdorus Gassoon into letting his floating museum become the new ship
Gassoon and Blanche-Aster haggle over their expenses and goals, as Zamp and his troupe proceed up the Vissel toward the Grand Festival of Mornune, which lies beyond the rapacious nomads of Tinsitala Steppe and into the unknown hazards of Bottomless Lake.
Its a wonderful book full of cynicism, iconoclasm and laughter
Prompted by an invitation to entertain a far off king for unimaginable riches his boat is scuppered by a rival and with the aid of Blanch- Aster he cajoles the miserly Throdorus Gassoon into letting his floating museum become the new ship
Gassoon and Blanche-Aster haggle over their expenses and goals, as Zamp and his troupe proceed up the Vissel toward the Grand Festival of Mornune, which lies beyond the rapacious nomads of Tinsitala Steppe and into the unknown hazards of Bottomless Lake.
Its a wonderful book full of cynicism, iconoclasm and laughter
