Review: WWII French resistance mixed with cuisine and geography
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2012
Dordogne, France, is in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees and is home to the caves of Lascaux. This novel reads like a memoir, and offers lengthy descriptions of scenery and cuisine and, I almost forgot, a long-ago murder.Its redeeming value is the story of the French resistance movement of World War II, which surrounds the murder, and it is that part of the book that gets my stars... but I can imaging some readers enjoying the scenery and cuisine, too.The book is quite readable although by no means fast-paced. The evil-doers are well written, as are the one-time resistance fighters some 40 years after the war. Protagonist Robbie's family, especially wife Sylvie, are cutouts as is Robbie himself. It is a rather relaxed tale overall, despite the murder, one that you can put down at any time, but definitely want to pick up again and finish.