This book took a while to enjoy, but is very different to the usual ones; it is the hunt for a lost Velazquez. A stereotypical chaotic English Art Historian travels to Madrid on the brink of the Civil War, determined to find the missing masterpiece. He manages to get himself embroiled in every foreign plot occurring at that time in Spain. A gripping and very amusing tale.
(Shirley Williams - bwl 75 Winter 2015 ) |
