A review by the_old_gray_cat
A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen

4.0

Two young and poor gay men are in Venice, hoping to scam a wealthy man. At the beginning this appears to be yet another glitzy crime caper, I thought at first Bollen might be ripping off Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley", but very soon I realized I was reading a very moving and powerful work of literary fiction. I loved this book so much that I find it difficult to start reading anything else.

Bollen's characters feel very real; he has a particular gift for dialogue. He also does a great job at capturing the atmosphere of Venice with all its sodden, reeking glorious beauty.