Usually I don't go wrong with the New York Review of Books Book Club, but this one was a dud. I just didn't care for the casual violence and brutality, though I understand as a post-war novel is something that is going to happen. In this case it was vulgar and I didn't understand the artistic motiva...
bookshelves: autumn-2013, italy, historical-fiction, published-1949, wwii, naples, slaves, net-galley, dodgy-narrator, plague-disease, too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts, under-500-ratings, sleazy, noir, philosophy, lifestyles-deathstyles, e-book Read from October 06 to 07, 2013 ContentsIntroductionOpeni...
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