- Fiction, Amber (Imaginary place), Castle Amber (Imaginary place), Large type books
**Book 8 of the Chronicles of Amber.** Merlin, son of Prince Corwin, continues his adventures to solve the mysteries of the attempts on his life, the murder of his ex-girlfriend, and the question of how he ended up in a a bar drinking with a white rabbit in a vest, a giant egg wearing a cravat (or is it a belt?), and a caterpillar smoking a hookah.
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Classical in form, cool, plot-driven and richly built.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Avon Books (Mm), Arbor House, Avon
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782207304686
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Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).
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