I have read this book (and the sequel, Return to Thebes) several times over the years and have enjoyed it every time. I like the way the characters are drawn, the way they interact and the reason why they act that way, and I really like the changes in viewpoint -- almost like seeing into their he...
This book challenges its prospective reader with an impressive 638 pages; each page of text is of 47(!) close-spaced lines (compare to 39 lines per page in a 1999 ppbk of Sebastian Faulks’ “Charlotte Gray”, and 23 lines per page in a 2005 ppbk of Frank Beddor’s “The Looking Glass Wars”. How long,...
Drury continues his alternate history of late Twentieth century America begun with Advise and Consent. The book ends in something of a cheat: an explosion which threatens the husbands and wives of a "unity" Presidential ticket. Only Drury doesn't tell the ready who survives. For the answer you mu...