(Drivebycuriosity) - An Italian in his thirties has a little sailboat and likes to travel all over the Lago Maggiore, a lake shared by Italy & Switzerland on the southern edge the Alps (Alpen). He becomes friend with Orimbelli who invites him into his Manson on the lake`s shore and later joins his travels. They share a lot fun, but then things are changing (amazon).
Piero Chiara, the author of "The Bishop´s Bedroom", was a famous Italian authors and this is his most famous work. Reviewers call the books a "hypnotic novel, a mix of thriller and mood piece on the nature of sexual attraction…. a murder mystery and a lyrical study of desire, greed, and deception" ( amazon).
I have mixed feelings with the little book (about 150 pages). I indulged into the descriptions of the various travels on Lago Maggiore and the frequent visits of the restaurants around the lake. They woke my appetite to stay there sometimes and to dine in the frequently mentioned places. The plot, set in the year 1946, a year after WWII, is humorous, sometimes hilarious and spiced with psychology. I liked the style which seems conservative today but has a lot charm. But some characters are not believable, some parts of the plot don´t make much sense and at the end I got the impression the author got tired with his story and went to something else.
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