Riddle of the Wren

Finished Riddle of the Wren by Charles De Lint. This is apparently the first book he wrote (though not the first published). If you know his other books, you'll find some familiar themes in this one. It's a quest novel of the "unwantetd/unappreciated child leaves the inn and goes off into the wide world" sort.

I found the book a little dense, prose-wise. There seemed to be enough plot there to support a longer book, and to play with the pacing somewhat. The amount of new vocabulary and history of the world of the book also contributed to the density.