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![]() And the ending was not what I’d expected. I found it rather uneven, with moments of sheer brilliance interspersed with numerous rather shaky bits. So, has anyone else read this first novel by E.M. I felt that the author lost his way towards the end, and I couldn’t abide any of the characters by the final chapter, least of all the main male protagonist, young Italiophile Philip. If judged by the appeal of plot and characters alone, this would get about a 4 or so. My relatively high rating of 6 is mainly for the quality of some of the writing. This edition: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1995. ![]()
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