Do not be put off by the Miss Marple-ish title. You will soon forget St. Mary Mead as Miss Garnet wanders through the mystical streets of Venice. The discoveries she makes about good and evil, sexuality, art and religion all conspire to change her perspective of life. Salley Vickers' joyful combination of reality and the ethereal left me full of hope and with a longing to return to Venice.
(Judith Peppitt - bwl 9 June 2001 ) |
