The Gypsy is a 1992 urban fantasy novel written by Megan Lindholm and Steven Brust

Steven Brust

Steven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede; he also belongs to the Pre-Joycean...

. It blends elements of Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 folk tales with a modern day detective story

Detective Story

Detective Story is a film noir which tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. It features Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, Lee Grant, among others. The movie was adapted by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan...

. The book contains many lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...

 to songs that were later recorded to an album called Songs from the Gypsy by Boiled in Lead

Boiled in Lead

Boiled in Lead is a world music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They formed in 1983, going through a number of membership changes over the years...

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Editions and translations

The first edition was a hardcover

Hardcover

A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...

 issued by Tor Books

Tor Books

Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...

 in July 1992. At least two softcover editions have been issued since: a mass market paperback by Tor Books

Tor Books

Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...

 in July 1993 and a trade paperback edition by Orb Books

Orb Books

Orb Books is a publishing imprint of Tor Books. Orb Books specialises in trade paperback reprints of science fiction and fantasy works of special merit which are unavailable in mass market paperback.-Authors published by Orb:* Poul Anderson* Isaac Asimov...

 in April 2005.
A French translation La nuit du prédateur was published by Mnémos in April 2006.

Songs from the Gypsy

Songs from the Gypsy is an album by Boiled in Lead. The songs were later incorporated into the novel The Gypsy, despite the date of the recording. The album was originally released 21st of June 1995 in a special CD format that included the whole text of the book and some extras like sound clips.

Track listing

1. Raven, Owl, and I (3:17)
2. Leanan Sidhe (3:48)
3. Hide My Track (4:04)
4. No Passenger (1:59)
5. Back In Town (3:38)
6. Ugros (Springtime) (6:17)
7. The Gypsy (8:08)
8. Blackened Page (4:56)
9. The Fair Lady (3:05)
10. Red Lights and Neon (4:13)