Alms for Oblivion is an entertaining but shallow tale, and not a patch on A Dance to the Music of Time
Thu 23rd May 2013 | Last updated: Thu 23rd May 2013 at 16:56pm
Thu 23rd May 2013 | Last updated: Thu 23rd May 2013 at 16:56pm
Alms for Oblivion is an entertaining but shallow tale, and not a patch on A Dance to the Music of Time
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The fall of modern civilisation set in 20th-century Venice
Simon Raven’s 10-novel sequence Alms for Oblivion offers a window into upper-class mores, and also a terrible denunciation of modern life