by michaeld | Jan 13, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Discovering the Most Famous Painting in the World By Ross King Walker & Company, $28.00, 336 pages “The Last Supper was the triumphant discharge of the debt that his genius —da Vinci’s— owed to history”, writes author Ross King on the epilogue of...
by michaeld | Nov 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
A Contemporary Noir of Italian Flavor By Giorgio Faletti Farrar, Straus and Giroux 27.00 336 pages This novel by Giorgio Faletti can be denominated as a noir, political thriller. The main protagonist and narrator is Bravo, a well developed character,...