A review by williamaowen
The Gentleman by Forrest Leo

4.0

Parts Tom Stoppard meets Ellen Raskin, this is terrifically fun zogging when you expect a zigging set in Victorian London at the height of the age of invention. The story follows the narration of Lionel 'Nellie' Savage, poet and unhappy newlywed, cursed in love and writing, friend of the Devil and possessor of a dim appreciation of painting. Leo's fun and quirky novel fills out with characters I very much hope to see more of, even if half the lot end up in the booby-hatch.