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The Detour (2012)

by Andromeda Romano-Lax(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1616950498 (ISBN13: 9781616950491)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Soho Press

review 1: Finally finished this book. I bought it at one of those $5 sales you often see in shopping centres. It tells the story of an art-lover who is delivering the "Discus Thrower" sculpture from Italy back to Germany after Hitler buys it before the war began ... it follows the journey that Ernst takes in the truck with his 2 Italian drivers (twin brothers) to get to the German border by a certain date. Of course, there are dramas and they go off course ... and just in case anyone does read it I won't spoil the ending. Nice drama inter-woven around historical factual events (ie. the procuring by Germany of art-work pre-war).
review 2: A compelling idea that gets lost in bad dialogue and shallow characters, especially the women. Enough with the "secret" metaphorical... more burdens already. Too many flashbacks used to manufacture "ah-ha" moments that are meant to be poignant but come off as trite or tiresome. An editor should have cut all the clichés out. The weight of consequences seems to evaporate in this book, either from negligence or indulgent over-emphasis. less

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