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You Mendacious Sons of Bitches by MxFelicitations
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
11 Aug 2020
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Summary
"The young man sitting by the fire was almost certainly a Frank. He was freakishly slender and pale, with unsettling eyes the color of bottle-glass and a bizarre thin goatee. Surrounded by a milling crowd of strong, broad, powerful men with handsome, dark skin and full beards, the Frank looked practically skeletal and downright effeminate. He had spoken to almost nobody except the innkeeper, sat by himself, wore his hood pulled low, and ate his meal in recalcitrant silence. The dozen or so onlookers privately decided he probably didn’t even speak the language. What a bastard."
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Yes, this is a homage to Michael Chabon's delightful Jewish adventure novel "Gentlemen of the Road" (2007). Set in the 10th century in the Kaganate of Khazaria, the novel is a swashbuckling adventure about two traveling con artists and lifelong soulmates: Amram, a brawling Abyssinian with a passion for shatranj and his beloved war-axe, and Zelikman, a thin, troubled Frank who fights with a delicate rapier. When I fell in love with our beloved Joe and Nicky, I knew this pairing had to be written.