A review by sisteray
Cugel Saga by Jack Vance

4.0

In this second Cugel book the edges of everything have been polished off a bit. That is both good and bad. Cugel is far more enjoyable and less of a villain, but the world itself is far less extreme as in the first quest south. There are still many crazy things that happen and as usual one has to awe at Vance's bizarre imagination, but even this is toned down a bit. This book is fare more about Cugel's various indentured servitudes and him trying to scrape a buck or two. Still, the rewards that you get here you just flat-out aren't going to get with any other author.