Title: Disappointing to this Furst Fan
Review: I have previously read two of Furst's novels (Kingdom of Shadows and Spies of Warsaw), and enjoyed both. I am 1/5 through this one and don't plan to finish it.Furst's writing here is self-consciously literary and allusive, and the book suffers for it. All Furst's books are atmospheric, but here one feels he is simply trying too hard to be dark and romantic. Frequent brief flashbacks, with little significance, make the story choppy and hard to follow. The lead character, an expatriate Russian poet, is far less interesting, and less believable, than in the two other books I'd read.I can still recommend Furst, but suggest you skip this one.
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