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Michael Chabon: Gentlemen of the road (Hardcover, 2007, Del Rey/Ballantine Books) 4 stars

In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander …

Dense and full writing

4 stars

A short novel, but the writing is so dense, there's a full epic inside.

That said, I could barely parse the sentences. Make sure you have a broad vocabulary and knowledge the Khazar empire before you embark.