Astronomical talent: Halley's Comet inspires a time-bending, heart-stopping tour de force.(Fabrizio's Return)(Book review)

From: Literary Review of Canada | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Fabrizio's Return Mark Frutkin Knopf Canada 311 pages, hardcover ISBN: 0676977278

Whether recreating belle epoque France in Atmospheres Apollinaire, Marco Polo's travels in The Lion of Venice, the Tibet of a hundred years ago in Invading Tibet, or Spain's collapse into civil war in Slow Lightning, Mark Frutkin characteristically displays an astringently lyrical narrative talent, irradiated by a fascination with matters spiritual and artistic. His latest, highly schematic novel significantly and most entertainingly deepens his exploration of these issues, vigorously embodied ...

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