Rostopovich with a rifle

Such remains my favorite image of the Remnick, a book I have pondered almost daily since i finished it. The fissures of Empire are also the recurring theme of The Dream of Scipio which I must admit to enjoying immensely. The books is erudite without question, though character development appears to be a minor crusade. Such were also my concerns with The Inicdent of the Fingerpost, the other work by Pears that I read some years back and having been told that it was "just like Eco." I still recall the smirk that Harold gave me when I shared this information.