I've liked everything Steven Brust has written except for what people like the most. This probably says more about me than about his writing, but his Dragaeran novels leave me cold. Well, for starters, it's only about two hundred pages long. For another, he uses words carefully.
Many authors seem to use words like a blunt instrument, the more the better.
Brust uses them like a rapier. This is, of course, a very minor quibble. So bravo to Brust for writing this, and bravo to Tor for re- publishing it after its rather brief initial appearance in 1987.