The opening scenes of The Savage Garden have an air of Brideshead but the period is pure Philip Larkin. This novel is well written overall but with some slipshod passages. While Mark Mills is obviously well versed in his subject of Greek and Roman mythology he tends to labour his points and in doing so loses our attention. This mystery has a number of entertaining twists but I did not find them all entirely convincing.
(Judith Peppitt - bwl 48 November 2008 ) |
