Review of 'The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
A strange and astonishing book. By far my favourite thing about it is the language: a mix of deeply lyrical--almost scriptural--descriptive prose, bluntly brutal action and thoroughly colloquial dialogue that I wouldn't have expected to work, but Wilson pulls off flawlessly. For that alone I would have kept reading for hundreds more pages, but there are also some great characters, an intriguing fantasy world that at first looks like it's going for some cheap outs but resists those temptations, and a decent plot. The plot is actually the least interesting part of this book, but everything is so good that I don't care.
