Title: A Star for Venice
Review: All Venice lovers will pick up this book as a must-read, but many will put it down with disappointment. The supposed theme is scandal and intrigue, beginning with the alleged arson at the opera house and trailing through a glass blower's family arguing about the business and a woman who is said to have tried to steal an archive and failed. None of it is very convincing; none of the accused have plausible motives; the sources seem random; some of the writing is piercingly shrill; and on the whole, who cares? For anyone interested in Venice, there are hundreds of books available, and this one ranks very near the bottom.
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