Yes; that's Titus' story (and that was what resonated when I first read the books as a teenager). The other threads are pulling at me more this time, though: Keda, Flay and Fuchsia, as I wrote, and Dr Prunesquallor too. Steerpike still feels like a cipher though.
a distillation of the London I discovered when I left home
Have you read Michael Moorcock's Mother London? That's a real distillation of London for me, and the strongest contender for best novel I've ever read.
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Yes; that's Titus' story (and that was what resonated when I first read the books as a teenager). The other threads are pulling at me more this time, though: Keda, Flay and Fuchsia, as I wrote, and Dr Prunesquallor too. Steerpike still feels like a cipher though.
a distillation of the London I discovered when I left home
Have you read Michael Moorcock's Mother London? That's a real distillation of London for me, and the strongest contender for best novel I've ever read.