This was one of Stevenson's later novels, first published in 1969. The ambiance, however, is still very 1950s -- as I said in my original review, not a hippie or Beatle in sight, lol. Unfortunately, some aspects of this book have aged very badly -- for example, a scene in a Glasgow antique shop that prompted a lively discussion within our group over the casually anti-Semitic descriptions of the shopkeeper. As I also said in my original review, I would never tell anyone not to read a book based on a few offensive paragraphs, especially since they are in no way representative of Stevenson's work -- but be forewarned.
This was Book #55 read to date in 2021 (and Book #1 finished in December), bringing me to 153% (!) of my 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge goal of 36 books. (I've exceeded my best-ever showing in the Goodreads Challenge since I joined in 2016 -- which was 50 books read in all of 2019.) I am (for the moment, anyway...!) 22 (!) books ahead of schedule. :) You can find reviews of all my books read to date in 2021 tagged as "2021 books."
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Edited to add: This is my 200th post in 2021!! and post #1,995 since I began blogging in October 2007! Five more to reach 2,000 posts -- hopefully by the end of December/2021!
200 in 2021. That's very impressive. I've probably only done half that, across both blogs!
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