. The author is often remarkable, such as when he writes: "...talking about geography and the peculiar way in which a new place is unable to resist the power of one's imagination-- there is too little reality gathered there-- which makes it malleable and transporting like a dream or a thin-skinned fantasy that both enchants and is completely misleading to the traveler, who falls in love with it and stays, only to discover that every place is real, its intransigent bulk hidden, the airy island drift of its first appearance an illusion, and that unless he keeps moving he is trapped in a world of stubborn realities, of actual places."This is challenging reading- creative writing both brilliant and over-the-top ("nipples as soft as a fresh drained blister"). A great hook with Gertrude and Pablo Picasso, but the be prepared for a gay pedophile as a main character.
Here's two respected opinions:
A hackneyed portrayal of gay lust: vacuous, pointless, and tasteless in the extreme. Kirkus Reviews
Stadler demonstrates that he is among the handful of first-rate young American novelists, one with a wide reach and a quirky, elegant pen. New York Times Book Review
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