DANIEL POLANSKY is from Baltimore, Maryland. Low Town is his first novel.
“For a first-time author, Polansky has managed to craft an assured,
roaring, and rollicking hybrid, a cross-genre free-for-all that
relishes its tropes while spitting out their bones. And he does it
all while spinning one hell of a gripping mystery. Much like its
grim, perversely charismatic antihero, Low Town stakes a narrow
turf—then completely owns every inch of it.” The A.V. Club (The
Onion)
“Festooned with sorcerers and demons in a pre-industrial otherworld
setting, Low Town…is a fantasy-crime hybrid with serious noir
chops…Gritty, cryptically funny and relentlessly inventive.” –
Winnipeg Free Press
“Low Town is a strong, confident debut that should go down well
with readers who enjoy their fantasy on the noir side. It’s a novel
you can enjoy for its atmosphere as well as its story, full as it
is of well-drawn scenes from the city’s underbelly.…Low Town
delivers a fast, entertaining story in less pages than it takes
some major epics to get out of the realm of basic exposition. I had
a blast with Low Town, and I’m definitely keeping an eye out for
whatever Daniel Polansky comes up with next.”--Tor.com
“If you like noir and hard-boiled mysteries, you might want to give
Low Town a chance. You’ll definitely find it darkly rewarding.” New
York Journal of Books
"Polansky hits all the right notes in his intelligent first novel,
a blend of dystopian fantasy and hard-boiled crime....Sharp,
noir-tinged dialogue and astute insights into class struggle mark
Polansky as a writer with a future." -- Publishers Weekly
"A strong debut novel with a hero who doesn’t waste time worrying
about the moral implications of cutting someone’s throat." --
Kirkus
"Polansky's writing is confident and punchy from the offset. The
action rips along at a brilliant pace allowing us to experience
this gritty world through the eyes of a thrilling, dangerous,
flawed, yet strangely endearing protagonist. This is modern, dark
fantasy at its best and a debut to be envied." -- British Fantasy
Society
"Quite brilliant...[Low Town] is as good a debut as I've read in
along time. [It] has it all - and as the name suggests,
it is sharp, steely and viciously bloody. Highly recommended."
--John Berlyne, SF Revu
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