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Review title: Dark, Depressing, Violent & not about Venice,
Product review: I was looking for an award-winning mystery in hopes of finding an interesting read that wasn't the waste of money that so many books are, especially when you can now part with your cash so fast. Silly me, I clicked before I read the reviews, thinking this book would be set in Venice. Not even close. This is tough stuff, at times well-written, but at other times, not well-written or edited. I seldom quit a read, but I'm done early on this one. This will teach me not just to read the reviews, but to take the time to digest a sample too. Not my taste, but if you're into tough, violent, depressing, hopeless post-World War II mysteries, you'll like it. To compare it to LeCarre is a stretch to me, but it's pre-Cold War, so perhaps it has historical value that eludes me.
