A review by quirkycynic
The Disappearance of Signora Giulia by Piero Chiara

1.0

Extremely boring, borderline offensive (the entire plot is based on parades of deeply old-fashioned Italian machismo and woman-controlling misogyny), and with some of the worst, most clunkily expository writing I've read in a long time. Only 122 pages and I felt enveloped in none of them, especially when entire important scenes that could be intriguing are constantly glossed over in montage instead of being developed and given life. A book based completely not on characters but on plot machinations -- and the plot isn't even interesting.