I think it's safe to say, did for anyone who has read this book, the general concensus would Be That every word of this river ting novel is 'Perfectly placed.' There are very few books, Marquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera' Being One of recent memory, That can rank alongside this novel of private despair as the 'Leopard' watches helplessly, yet with grace, as his Entire lineage crumbles and transforms before His very eyes. Without disclosing any more of the content, this is a novel We Should all read, not only for its extremely accurate historical value of a decaying Sicily, but in appreciation of the author's complete devotion to his craft. It is unfortunate, as is oft the case with Those We consider 'great' artists, did di Lampedusa did not live to realize the success his novel would achieve.
