Wolfe tells us that "You Can't Go Home Again." And, maybe you shouldn't. Our hero, a travel agent in Italy, tries to do so, but only succeeds in rearing ghosts of his past. Somehow he gets involved in the annual pageant put on by the local university: the reenactment of flight of a fifteenth century demonical ruler known as "the Falcon." Entertaining at times, at times a tad farcical, this is not one of her better endeavors.
Armino Fabbio, 32, is a courier for Sunshine Tours in Genoa. He is short and pleasant and does well with his work. However, life takes a strange turn for him when he finds Martha, a former caretaker that he remembers, while guiding a group. She dies after he gives her money and Fabbio, afraid that he could be accused of her death leaves the tour to go to his former hometown of Ruffano. Perhaps he is mistaken but he wishes to verify that the woman is indeed the woman he remembers. Taking a temporary job at the library, he discovers that his brother Aldo, who he believed died in the war, is a highly respected professor. Aldo, likewise believed that his brother, Armino, died in the war. Aldo leads the activities to prepare and present a popular annual festival for the community. This year will feature a reenactment of the five-hundred-year-old legend about Duke Claudio (The Falcon). Whenever he develops festival activities he works to make them as realistic as possible and this year is no different. Needless to say the meeting of the brothers meld with the festival activites and what happens is not what the reader would expect. This tale is a bit dark and has twists that the reader discovers as it winds to conclusion. Good read! I would expect nothing less from this author whose work I enjoy whenever I find it.
Armino Fabbio, 32, is a courier for Sunshine Tours in Genoa. He is short and pleasant and does well with his work. However, life takes a strange turn for him when he finds Martha, a former caretaker that he remembers, while guiding a group. She dies after he gives her money and Fabbio, afraid that he could be accused of her death leaves the tour to go to his former hometown of Ruffano. Perhaps he is mistaken but he wishes to verify that the woman is indeed the woman he remembers. Taking a temporary job at the library, he discovers that his brother Aldo, who he believed died in the war, is a highly respected professor. Aldo, likewise believed that his brother, Armino, died in the war. Aldo leads the activities to prepare and present a popular annual festival for the community. This year will feature a reenactment of the five-hundred-year-old legend about Duke Claudio (The Falcon). Whenever he develops festival activities he works to make them as realistic as possible and this year is no different. Needless to say the meeting of the brothers meld with the festival activites and what happens is not what the reader would expect. This tale is a bit dark and has twists that the reader discovers as it winds to conclusion. Good read! I would expect nothing less from this author whose work I enjoy whenever I find it.
