Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber

… The Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser tales are classic Sword & Sorcery. Leiber’s prose and dialog have a whimsical, but almost Shakespearean feel, which lends humor to adventures that are nothing short of a good-time. The companionship between the Gray Mouser, a small thief and a former wizard’s-apprentice, and Fafhrd, an almost 7 ft. tall barbarian, is endearing and reminiscent of the camaraderie between the best-friends of one’s childhood… Read the rest