The Philosophical Strangler, Eric Flint
The Philosophical Strangler, Eric Flint
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The Philosophical Strangler

Author: Eric Flint

Narrator: Tristan Morris

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Mighty Greyboar, the world's greatest professional strangler, is dissatisfied with his lot in life. The work is steady and the pay is good, but what, he wonders, is the point of it all.

But when he learns that there is a Supreme Philosophy of Life*, Greyboar the Strangler is Born Again! Still, just how can a professional man in good standing pay the bills with all this philosophical exploration getting in the way.

That's what his hard-headed agent and manager Ignace wants to know! And Ignace's skepticism turns quickly into outright horror when Greyboar's philosophical preoccupation leads to one disaster after another . . . Before you know it, Greyboar the strangler and his disgruntled manager find themselves embroiled with an abbess at odds with her deity, heretics on the run, dwarves needing to be rescued, and then—worst of all!

Greyboar's long-estranged sister Gwendolyn, political activist and revolutionary, comes back to town asking Greyboar's help in an insane mission to the underworld. It's purely a noble cause, one which no self-respecting assassin would touch for a moment. But in the pursuit of Enlightenment, anything can happen. . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Eric Flint

Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with three million books in print. He's the author/creator of the multiple New York Times bestselling Ring of Fire series starting with the novel 1632. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy on April 25, 2014

Please note: I read and reviewed this book in January 2008. Just copying over my review. My Synopsis: Greyboar is the world's greatest strangler ("Have Thumb, Will Travel") and Ignace is his manager. During the course of this hilariously chaotic book they have such adventures as: visiting Abbess Hild......more

Goodreads review by Darcie on June 18, 2011

My absolute favorite book by Eric Flint, and he is in my top five authors, so yes I really do love this book. This is the first in the Joe's World series, of which he has lamentably written only two thus far. Now I understand that there is not as much of a following as for his other series, that the......more

Goodreads review by Annette on October 30, 2011

Meh. Picked this up from the library after thoroughly enjoying The Belisarius series (in which Flint collaborates with David Drake.) I only made it through about 50 pages before deciding it wasn't worth the already-three-days-old library fine. My husband (who also enjoyed Belisarius) made it not muc......more

Goodreads review by YouKneeK on November 15, 2015

Reading this book was sort of like sitting across a table from a madman or a drunk who’s trying to tell you a story. Well, to be honest I’ve never had either experience, but reading this book is what I imagine that experience might be like. The story is told in a rambling, conversational manner, and......more

Goodreads review by Patjones on September 07, 2007

Four stars for entertainment value. Two stars for philosophy. Bonus points for humorous use of non-Euclidean space.......more