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A review by tmarthal
An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
5.0
I really enjoy Wolfe's work. He has the great advantage of language and storytelling, and does not spin a yarn like most modern day fantasy writers. Compare this weird work to other fairy sci-fi mystery horrors and it stands on its own quite well.
There are layers here and other reviews acknowledge them and then say that they are important, yet then brush them away. Stardom, names, angelic beings, character figments and transformations abound, yet no explicit explanations given to us or to the guest's "host".
GW is great at using/abusing symbols and this work is no different. If you enjoy symbolism and mythos, then you will enjoy this.
There are layers here and other reviews acknowledge them and then say that they are important, yet then brush them away. Stardom, names, angelic beings, character figments and transformations abound, yet no explicit explanations given to us or to the guest's "host".
GW is great at using/abusing symbols and this work is no different. If you enjoy symbolism and mythos, then you will enjoy this.