# Can anyone explain the end of Low Town, by Daniel Polansky?

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**Created:** [September 28, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-end-of-low-town-by-daniel-polansky/597876 "2011-09-28T13:53:34Z")
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#### Post date: [September 28, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-end-of-low-town-by-daniel-polansky/597876/1 "2011-09-28T13:53:34Z")

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Spoilers ahead:

Just finished the book, and I really enjoyed it. But there’s a few things I still don’t get- the major one being the purpose of the child sacrifices. Why? What did it gain Celia? And what was the Blade of Beaconfield’s real crime?

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### Author: ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-end-of-low-town-by-daniel-polansky/597876/2 "2011-09-28T15:16:28Z")

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Weren’t the sacrifices simply to gain power? It’s been a few months and memory fails. (I don’t remember anything about the Blade of Beaconfield.)

Enough threads were left hanging for there to be a sequel. Not sure if I’ll read it. I was about halfway through the book before I started caring about the main character. I get that it’s noir, but I still need to care. 🙂