Michael Nelson (4)Reseñas

An amusing and insightful novel about the British antiquarian book and auction trades in the post-WWII period. Highly enjoyable.

Oh my my…. how times have changed! There's absolutely no sex in this story, but unless you have spent the last 25 years of your life in a convent you will surely recognize the “INTENT”. Take lots and lots and lots of fancy presents being bought by two rich old men for the cute young men they think are just waiting for them to “buy”… add the lure of job offers that most people at that time would have killed for…. throw in a fancy suite in the best hotel in the entire country…and you can figure out…probably faster than Nicholas did…exactly what these “two old sugar daddies” were after. I really didn’t understand some of it. I think it was the case of “two countries speaking the same language but with different meanings in so many different ways” syndrome. I also didn’t like any of the characters… not even a little bit. The entire story just felt too “dated”...for lack of a better word.