Hmm, I'm not really sure what to suggest. A painkiller perhaps? Morphine? Ether? That'd be fitting for a magician. But that all overlooks the...
The MC cares for him, which is why he's trying to stop him. A few misguided associates, maybe even a nation, could be said to 'love' him. It's all...
Dilapidation, previous history, atmosphere, company, whether it matches its surroundings or not, noises
As Dante said, the Culture novels are great. Iain M. Banks did another stand-alone sci-fi novel called The Algebraist recently- I thought it was...
Don't start an argument, doesn't seem worth it. It sounds like he was genuinely trying to be helpful, but just didn't realize that he was perhaps...
Giuseppe Rispoli sounds good.
Just started 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts. Barely read 50 pages and already loving it!
I was recently having a conversation with a linguistics graduate who was of the opinion that there can't really be any true concept of good or bad...
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