The Invitation
An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately--and dangerously--to hide.Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to...
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An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately--and dangerously--to hide.Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him. One evening he finds himself on t
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780316273473 (0316273473)
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
I would love to go to Italy. I thought this book might take me there, but it only put me to sleep. The story was soooooo slooooooow. I can't even tell you what it was about. I'd read a sentence several times - my mind was wandering. It didn't keep my interest at all. DNF @ 34%.
Actual score 3.5This is actually quite a good story. It is essentially a love story, but it also explores when love becomes obsessive control; the interplay of fate/chance and choice and how loss can continue to ricochet throughout our lives. The parallel stories of the other characters in the novel...
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