Bred in the bone by Robertson Davies
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is not the same copy as I am reading as I have a trilogy - and what to record reading them separately.
The second book in the trilogy goes back to tell the story of Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets and whose will was the link for the characters in the first novel. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small -town embalmer, an expert art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis's life were not always what they seemed.
it is an ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, who has a range of interesting relationships, but seems to fall into things often rather than actively work towards the activities he ends up with.
He seems quite a sad and naive character in some ways - but fascinating never the less.
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