I keep seeing people putting the Lies of Locke Lamora into the Grimdark category and I am baffled. Is there a lot of misery in that book? Yes. But I'd say there's just a little too much hope and joy to actually fit in that category.
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a man with white hair and a beard is talking about taking crazy pills .
Alt: Scene from Zoolander where Mugatu is shouting "I feel like I'm taking Crazy Pills!"
Mugatu is dressed in a flamboyant suit with a yellow bollo tie. He's got white hair done up in two lumps and a white chin goatee.