Radio Estroes episode 66 Kevin Lannister.

Spoils are books.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Radio Esturos, I'm Lady Guinevere and with me as always is Yoke Boy.

Yeah, hi there everyone and thanks for tuning in today.

We have a packed episode for you all about Kevin Lannister.

At the end of a Dance with Dragons George employs two major cliffhangers in order to

completely hook us as readers and assure that we all crave the

winds of winter during the interim. While John Snow was stabbed by disgruntled members of the

Knights Watch,

Denaries was approached by dangerous enemies,

but George chose not to end the novel with either of these primary characters

and plot points.

Instead, he gave the final chapter. primary characters and plot points.

Instead, he gave the final chapter quite unexpectedly to Kevin Lannister

in only the second epilogue of the series after Merit Frey's concluding chapter of a Storm of Swords.

And while we have previously covered the prologue chapters in dedicated episodes,

we've never analyzed an epilogue before so this is a first.

When we discuss the five prologues we highlighted their purpose of providing a unique

and valuable viewpoint and their role of setting the scene for their respective novels.

With Kevin's epilogue, the chapter functions similarly to a prologue in terms of setup and

unique viewpoint, yet has the added responsibility of provision. of book. In this sense, Kevin's epilogue works as an act break, refreshing our memories as to what has passed, and laying out the threads of story to be addressed in the winds of winter, all from the vantage point of a man trying to protect

the interests of King's Landing and the Iron Throne. The chapter is both an end and a beginning delivering on old promises stretching back to a game of

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