The novel almost revels in the disintegration of his personality. Theon Greyjoy appeared as a promising figure with an air of independent arrogance and an internal war between the practices of his birth-father (Dalon Greyjoy) and his foster-father (Eddard Stark), somehow entangled with naivety and immaturity. ‘power is a mummer’s trick’, ‘Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavour of their own incompetence’) so no wonder ‘The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister’ has been published. Tyrion Lannister remains my favourite, being, in my opinion, twice as intelligent as anybody else – note his ruthless removal of Janos Slynt from power, his brutal open assessment of King Joffrey as a ‘spoiled witless little boy’, his control when despotism is shaken by the mob. In her position she’s in the forefront of what are the nastier scenes in the book: ‘Arya saw burned bodies impaled on sharpened stakes atop the walls, their hands drawn up tight in front of their faces as if to fight off the flames that had consumed them.’ But then her adventures appeared into what Bunyan might have declared a ‘Slough of Despond’ with one miserable form of captivity following another. Even so they were not to prove enough.Īrya’s escape, disguised as a boy, was immediately riveting as danger came not only from the Lannisters but from also her companions. Initially ‘A Clash of Kings’ appeared disappointing but very quickly perhaps my two favourite characters, Arya Stark and Tyrion Lannister, brought me back into line.
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