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Cugel's Saga is comedy gold, a modern day Anansi or Loki in a Kafka world. Cugel's near self-destructive impulse to turn every interaction into a swindle enables Vance to transform everyday situations like ordering a drink or boarding a ship into a sketch. Can really only compare it to Chaplin's Modern Times in it's dedication to comedic timing.