Posted by Sterling on 8/4/2009, 9:00:17, in reply to "Re: The Black Tulip"
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:I, too, found The Black Tulip enjoyable. I think describing it as a "light classic" is just right. Sort of like listening to some Strauss waltzes or the 1812 Overture after listening to, I don't know, Schoenberg or something.
Despite the violence (and even surprisingly gruesome details) in the opening chapters, I thought the remainder of the novel plays as comedy, sometimes even farce. I found myself chuckling on many occasions, sometimes for an undeniable witticism, sometimes for the absurdity of the whole situation. I don't know if the latter humor is intended. Anyway, I thought it was fun, and perhaps I, too, will read The Three Musketeers or even The Count of Monte Cristo sometime. (Awfully long, though, and life's so short.)
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