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Tightly written high fantasy noir mafia revolution family drama story with racial subtext and a little dragon.

Vlad Taltos's society is highly stratified and deeply racist. But folks from the despised outsider population can buy a measure of position and access. Taltos's father absorbed society's belief that Easterners like him were lesser folks. He worked hard and bought that possession and access , which he passed down to his son. His son also absorbed those lessons but instead of making them hate himself, he hated those who were at the top of the social order. He became an assassin and crime boss. But he also has friends who are at near the highest level of those on top.

These three books are mostly a swashbuckling tale of a man who solves problems through brains, connections, magic, violence, and a little dragon. Along the way, he has to wrestle with the implications of living in an unjust society as a person who is simultaneously privileged and oppressed; living and working with people who despise him, love him, need him, and would happily use him for their own ends. He reminded me an awful lot of Chris Rock's character in the fourth season of Fargo.

It's aged amazingly well.