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A review by candacesiegle_greedyreader
Trio by William Boyd
3.0
I've been a fan of WIlliam Boyd since "The New Confessions," which remains one of my favorite books, and "Restless," one of the tightest WW2 spy novels. "Trio" is Boyd in a lighthearted, more humorous mode, even though the novel does have some dark reminders about other things going on in the summer of 1968.
A film crew is gathered in Brighton to make a movie called "Emily Bracegirdle’s Extremely Useful Ladder to the Moon," a swinging 60's title if ever there was one. The producer is a charming, closeted gay man named Talbott Kydd. The star is American Anny Viklund who, it turns out, has ties to a terrorist, And Elfrida Wing, wife of the director, blocked novelist, and a creative and dedicated drunk.
There are a number of skillful farcical scenes and the book is very enjoyable, but I kept waiting for that one moment, that one shocking thing that would boost "Trio" to another level. Nothing like that happens.
"Trio" gets 3.5 stars from me because Boyd is such a fine writer. I wish he'd gone ahead with that moment.
A film crew is gathered in Brighton to make a movie called "Emily Bracegirdle’s Extremely Useful Ladder to the Moon," a swinging 60's title if ever there was one. The producer is a charming, closeted gay man named Talbott Kydd. The star is American Anny Viklund who, it turns out, has ties to a terrorist, And Elfrida Wing, wife of the director, blocked novelist, and a creative and dedicated drunk.
There are a number of skillful farcical scenes and the book is very enjoyable, but I kept waiting for that one moment, that one shocking thing that would boost "Trio" to another level. Nothing like that happens.
"Trio" gets 3.5 stars from me because Boyd is such a fine writer. I wish he'd gone ahead with that moment.