After ten silent years a new gem from the author of The Poisonwood Bible (bwl 4, 14 and 23). Written in the form of a diary that may or may not have been burned, we follow its perpetrator from Mexican childhood to his involvement with Frida Kahlo, Rivera and Trotsky which inexorably leads to his subsequent downfall in 50's America. Breathtaking prose, characters brimming with life. If you read nothing else this year, read this one.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 56 Spring 2010 ) |
