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A review by catmorg128
The Beloved Vagabond by William John Locke
5.0
This was fantastic. Absolutely depraved worldliness, and yet a great deal of religion. Ah, anyway, the vagabondage, the delightful satire, the dryly sarcastic wisdom, the adoptions of the urchins, the weird side-quests, the endearing characters, the fanciful descriptions, the insane whims, the “education,” the French world, the English world, the fairy tale, and the abrupt stoppage of that into reality. Goodness gracious, this was spectacular.
My favorite part was where Paragot told Banquette to smash the fiddle because he hated the sight of it, and then asked Asticot for the first capital to come to mind, and BANG, they’re off to Budapest. Later on he leaves England without even his luggage (because he must be gone) “just like that.” This is completely fascinating, if not completely sane.
The ending is not what you would expect, especially not half-way through. But it is about the best ending there could have been, save Paragot just dying, which for a while I figured would happen. He does not die, let me reassure you.
My favorite part was where Paragot told Banquette to smash the fiddle because he hated the sight of it, and then asked Asticot for the first capital to come to mind, and BANG, they’re off to Budapest. Later on he leaves England without even his luggage (because he must be gone) “just like that.” This is completely fascinating, if not completely sane.
The ending is not what you would expect, especially not half-way through. But it is about the best ending there could have been, save Paragot just dying, which for a while I figured would happen. He does not die, let me reassure you.