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Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
5.0
challenging mysterious medium-paced

A masterpiece. I went into this (my second read?) thinking it would be slow and dense but worth it; I was mistaken, it zooms along. So much there to discover and ruminate upon if you want it, but also an extremely interesting story if you're only able to see what's on the surface. His writing of "women" (who aren't really even people, unfortunately) is atrocious though, so be forewarned about that.