This beautifully delicate and subtle wordplay makes for an intoxicating read! Backed. view book

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and back this book, even tho the author has not logged in for well over 2 months. A book this good (about old age and senility, no less!) from one so young is truly frightening. Marvelous natural writing skills. Please come back, sir, and claim your accolades. And... view book

Has all the fast-paced, unrelentingly realistic tension of a Crichton novel (early Crichton, before Jurassic Park). Backed. view book

"Giuseppe Tornatore". If the name means anything to you, I think you'll know why I mention it, as your book surely summons images (and thoughts and ideas on the human condition) from his films. If I could close my eyes to better imagine your settings, and meet your characters, I would, but then, I w... view book

Impressive! I can't imagine the research that must have gone into this. Surely, it was a labor of love. This reads like an instant classic of the period, well-conceived and executed, and not overly melodramatic or theatrical, as period pieces can be, in the wrong hands. I really enjoyed reading this... view book