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The Lees of Laughter's End (Tales of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach) Hardcover – December 1, 2008

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Product Details

  • Series: Tales of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach
  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Night Shade Books (December 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597801445
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597801447
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsAnother marvelous tale involving Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
By R. Nicholson on August 4, 2010
Format: Hardcover
"The Lees of Laughter's End" is a novella by Malazan Series author Steven Erikson. The book is 120 pages in length.

The story...*SPOILER*

The seaworthy vessel, 'Suncurl' has left the seedy coastal town of Lamentable Moll (gotta love the name) on a run to through the treacherous waters known as the Lees of Laughter's End. This is a trip fraught with dangers at the best of time but one in which the well seasoned captain and skanky crew would normally prevail. However this time, not only are they being pursued, but they've taken on some mysterious cargo and three suspicious travelers; those being the necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach and their manservant Emancipor Reese...the result might be best described by a line from a Gordon Lightfoot song 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'..."does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours".

*END SPOILER*

This is the third short volume involving the dynamic duo of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach and once again Steven Erikson has produced a minor masterpiece. Anyone familiar with Erikson's nine (soon to be ten) books of "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" series, will be somewhat accustomed to the strange names and place.

I've almost begun to believe that Erikson's true strength in writing is in these short stories that simply rivet the reader from beginning to end. The action is non-stop and unpredictable; at one moment horrific...the next slapstick funny. The characters are reprobates of the worst sort who'd sell their own mother (or your mother for that matter) without batting an eye. Where backstabbing and clandestine plotting are not only a way of life but almost an art form. Only this time, capt'n and crew find themselves just a tad over-matched.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe Art of the Short
By Keogh on January 18, 2010
Format: Hardcover
Great short stories are hard to pull together in the strictest confines of the discipline. One must juggle different elements than a pure novelist does: read it in an hour, get full plot development, flesh out characters, deliver a nice little zinger at the end. The field of authors who can actually do this (and that I have read) is very short: EA Poe, HP Lovecraft, RE Howard, CA Smith, PK Dick, Cordwainer Smith. The common thread being that great short story writers typically only write short stories. The twist here being, you have to have read several thousand pages of the Malazan Empire Books to even run into these guys: Bauchelain & Korbal Broach. Strictly speaking, these little treats are awesome for the lucky folks who have read Steven Erikson's books. For the uninitiated, you will miss out on some of the deeper threads being expanded on in the story.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWicked, warped sense of humor
By Book Fiend on October 17, 2009
Format: Hardcover
I don't know how any writer can string words together the way Erikson does. These stories are campy, gorey horror mixed with Abbot and Costello Who's on First. Look for Bauchelain and Korbal Broach , Three short Novels of the Malazan Empire, Volume One. Fun reading in between the Malazan Empire big novels.Bauchelain and Korbal Broach: Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire, Volume One (Malazan Empire Novels)
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot what I consider Erikson's best work.
By Amazon Customer on January 11, 2013
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Cheesy dark almost humorous but doesnt quite do it for me. All of the Bauchelain and Broach novels fall far short of the introduction made for them in the MBOTF series which sparked my interest in these characters. If this is your first Erikson book, read something else of his first! If you are a die hard fan... maybe it will hit with you and I hope that it does because this one was a miss for me.
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