Title: High hopes, wilted
Review: What a wonderful and promising subject: a talented writer telling the story of a man with a beautiful, fascinating life as he lived it on Capri, one of Italy's most delicate treasures. I longed for thoughtful description of the man and the island and the synergy they created, but couldn't get past the first two chapters. The author, who apparently knew Greene, seemingly was so proud of this that she spends multitudinous pages telling us, in dry and unreadable form, how important she was in his life (not very). She fails to draw us in with what this story could and should be: a celebration of two unique beauties. I'm returning the book, and I never do that. I won't finish the story, and I usually read even the driest of books voraciously.
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