Damiano's Lute is a fantasy novel by R. A. MacAvoy published in 1984.

Damiano's Lute is a novel in which former mage Damiano tries to survive as he wanders around Renaissance Italy while it suffers from a plague.

[2] Dave Langford reviewed Damiano's Lute for White Dwarf #70, and stated that "though it reads well, the characters seem thinner, flatter, less convincing this time around.

That's the trouble with writing well, Ms MacAvoy - the blasted critics expect you to write even better.

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