Review: Compelling
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
When Robert retires from his job at the U.N., he seems to have everything—money, social position, a beautiful, talented, younger wife. But he must suddenly face the reality of his life, his disinterested and uninteresting wife, their failure to have children, his lack of purpose, his failure to accomplish anything important to him during all those years.Using the international art world as a background and symbolism for the characters, Claude Nougat takes the reader through Robert’s struggles to find himself, his passion and his truths. Though I’m not familiar with the art world, the author included enough description that I could see how it related to the story, how it formed and explained the characters and shaped Robert’s journey.I liked the ending, the way Robert seems to come to peace with his new world but doesn’t have a huge epiphany which makes everything wonderful and perfect. The ending is true to the rest of the book.Good job, Claude Nougat!