The Devils (The Devils, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

Lying was a sin, apparently, unless you did it outrageously and persistently enough, in which case it qualified as scripture.

“How is it?” asked Alex. “Cheesy.” “Is that bad?” “In many things it would be, but in cheese it’s essential.”

you know, you can hate a shipmate and still row the same way.”

So this was a crosstrees. One of those things you’ve heard of, sounded vaguely interesting, but you’d never, ever want to actually visit. Like England.