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Michael O'Brien's Island of the World #335333 10/19/09 04:40 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 73 massachusetts M maxpercy00 Member
maxpercy00 Member M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 73 massachusetts	I was wondering if people have read this or his other novels and what they think of it and his depiction of Croatia? He certainly is strongly Catholic in his novels, which I confess to finding refreshing if at times a bit pedantic. He seems gifted to me in drawing characters, especially in his later novels.

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