The Gap Of Time: A Novel

"Re-imagined Shakespeare is, of course, everyone’s bag — I’m looking at you, Baz Luhrmann — but there’s a special frisson when you marry an old play with a thoroughly modern author. Jeanette Winterson’s retelling of A Winter’s Tale shimmers with energy in a way I hope the Bard would have loved. The setting is a modern American city (which could be New Orleans). Leontes is a hedge fund manager with a fully fleshed out back story and real clues to his behavior (which are tough to find in the source material). This is a book that will appeal to any fan of a good yarn; Winterson keeps the action pumping. Even if you already know the play it’s a well-told tale of modern jealousy and power."