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Free Live Free

Gene Wolfe (1984)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.51

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

HomelessnessPoverty

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastOutcast / Loner

Synopsis

A group of four down-on-their-luck strangers respond to a classified ad offering a strange bargain: live free of charge in an old man's house, and help him to prevent the city from having the building demolished. This is a strange, often comic, sometimes frightening novel that sticks so closely to depicting only what the characters themselves notice that, if you're not paying close attention, it's possible to miss that you're reading a science fiction story until the very last chapter.

Tags

Literary FantasyMagical RealismScience Fiction CrossoverUrban Fantasy