A review by frasersimons
Lampedusa by Steven Price

4.0

I liked the writing style and the overall plot, but feel like the book would have been augmented from knowing The Leopard. I got the feeling often that there was a wider, or deeper context I was somehow not privy to because this novel is about the later life of the author of The Leopard, and I’m not familiar with that story. Probably this has contrasting themes. At the very least it’s made me quite curious about the book and I plan to get my hands on a copy. Otherwise though, a sad, old prince, a relic of times past in old Sicily was evocative and sometimes charming. Glad to have read it.