The House At The Edge Of Night: A Novel

"The House at the Edge of Night is a misty Mediterranean dream of a book. It’s so simple that there is only room for the emotions found in children’s tales: sad, glad, hopeful, lonely. Women are beautiful, men are tall, the air smells of bougainvillea. Like good fictional Mediterraneans, they eat ricotta, drink limoncello and dance in the piazza. This exquisite and unabashed fulfillment of tropes is — when done as well as it is here — deeply satisfying, like a familiar recipe perfectly executed."