Adrien Goetz, trans. from the French by Natasha Lehrer. New Vessel, $26.95 (324p) ISBN 978-1-939931-80-1 A young man comes of age in the artistic and intellectual milieu of belle époque France in ...
Novels based on history can be fascinating, particularly when the author demonstrates both a convincing commitment to facts and a dramatic ability to animate characters, events, and settings of the ...