Title: Beautiful and evocative prose
Product review: Although I am temperamentally drawn to tales of this kind, there were times when I felt that the characters were a bit manipulated: Ives too good, too silent, Ramirez a bit of a 'latino' stock character. However, the narrative style - a series of little vignettes - had the quality of memory; people really do remember their lives through a succession of episodes. The novel has a strong physical quality: it evoked New York in the 50s and 60s so well... and some of the characters, such as Ives' wife, are so delicately and complete drawn, that they seem to breathe. I loved reading this book, even if the story left me rather unconvinced.
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