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Title: Not for the faint of brain :-)
Review: Pears turns in yet another twisting, turning, thought provoking narrative in several voices. If you read "An Instance of the Fingerpost" you will not be disappointed with how the author handles incredibly detailed understanding of history with power and immediacy for a current audience. However, be forewarned that the key issues in play are civilization and philosophy, not "whodunit."The plot involves a Provencal poet, a Roman aristocrat, the Vichy government, a troubled academic, Papal conspiracies, the Black Death, barbarian kings, forgotten Siennese painters -- oh, it's terrific.So why 4 stars? The narrative here is third person, amd maybe a bit less engaging than the first-person testimonials in "Fingerpost." Against anyone else, Pears deserves a 5. Against himself, this should maybe be a 4.5
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