First novel (Hum ... Hard to believe given the intellectual maturity of the author!) J. Gakuto GB. Have you read Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Pasternak and their great epics? Closer to the Troyat novels? Put everything in a shaker, mix, pour and enjoy JGG. !!! A MAGNIFICENT epic! Historical epic? Search for identity? Tristan and people he meets are, sometimes disturbing (sometimes), endearing (often). I quoted the Russians and Troyat, I will add ... Claude Lelouch! who loves his actors and their characters. As JGG. I really enjoyed this novel. You turn the last page to regret. I
