Review: MARVELOUS....JUST MARVELOUS !!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2013
How often do you get a top-of-the-line thriller and great literature in the same book?  In my opinion -- almost never, but this is what Mr. Dakin has given us here.  It is also one of a kind; you will not find anything else like it.  It starts out with a horrific crime, then seems to go to an unrelated story that is so haunting,  that the reader forgets the crime until much later as the threads all start to come together wondrously.  The book spans about 70 years and  many locales and world history.  And, as if this were not enough, the characters are so richly painted that they will stay with me as permanently as Rhett and Scarlet, probably more because with all the strong relationships, there is not much romance.This is a stunning work of art, a masterpiece.  It may well be the best book I've ever read -- not one of ---  THE BEST.  Who knew.