The City of Falling Angels (Unabridged)
 

The City of Falling Angels (Unabridged)

by John Berendt

Past Midnight: John Berendt on the Mysteries of Venice
Just as John Berendt's first book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, was settling into its remarkable four-year run on The New York Times bestseller list, he discovered a new city whose local mysteries and traditions were more than a match for Savannah, whose hothouse eccentricities he had celebrated in the first book. The new... (read more)

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Barry H
  • Rated 5 stars

Read this book if you plan on spending any time in Venice, Italy.

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Gary K
  • Rated 2 stars

After absolutely loving "Midnight", I was disappointed in Berendt's meandering, almost soul-less telling of the burning of the Opera House. It seemed that his outstanding character descriptions and development in "Midnight" were hollow and formulaic in this book.

Maybe if I hadn't first read "Midnight" and had such high expectations, this would have been a good read.

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
 

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  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    Wow! If you liked Midnight, I think you will love this book. But be warned, it starts much slower and is a bit more sutle through and through, and yes, you should read the Aspern Papers first. But then Henry James is a treat, so that isn't a sacrifice, in fact maybe you should read Washington Square while you are at it:)

    posted Thursday, January 24 2008
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