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Haunted by his late father's thirst for adventure, Alex Hickman persuaded his local newspaper that it needed a Balkan correspondent. Talking his way into besieged Sarajevo, he watched as the city's fragile ceasefire fell apart. A series of chance encounters took him to Albania and a bizarre appointment with the government. Thrown into an alliance with the country's colorful dissident leader, he found himself occupying a ringside seat as corruption and scandal spilled the country into chaos. This is a moving story of one man's search for his father's legacy among the mountains and ruin of Europe's oldest, and most mysterious corner.
Populated by varied locals, foreign travelers, and officials, this self-absorbed memoir has spy-novel elements, with named and unnamed officials and "shady" characters, including Mafia. The author interpolates his childhood memories, biographical sketches, and dreams of his brilliant physician father, who died young, and eventually concludes with the two strands converging, suggesting that his father's life was analogous to Albania's tragic history. Hickman is skilled at describing moods and atmosphere and creates some engaging episodes within this highly personal story. But with its superficial treatment of the region's history and tragic conditions, this book pales in comparison with other influential and well-founded works with a more serious approach to the subject, such as Robert D. Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts (LJ 2/15/93) and Robert Carter's The Accursed Mountains: Journey in Albania (John Murray, 1998). Not recommended.--Margaret W. Norton, Oak Park, IL Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Gene Lewis
reviewed Slow Winter on January 11, 2020
Slow Winter
Brilliant piece of writing. See Chastity (as she was named at birth) go through several huge life changes. As her mother Cher asked her once, "are you gay Chastity or are you just pro-gay?" Chastity answered "pro-gay" but it was not way at all. She thought she was gay, but in the end was quite different. Read it with an open mind. Chastity/Chaz has a bold, clear, and honest way of telling a story. She sometimes paints Cher as a non-caring, career-driven mother. Cher would leave Chastity alone with weird baby sitters when she was doing a Broadway play. Just any old warm body would do for watching her child. That part was sad. Also the parts where Chastity was able to wander New York City and ride the bus and subways at quite a young age--alone and unchaperoned. That stuff really creeped me out. And she spoke with much love and affetion to her step-mother, Sonny's second wife. She was a loving and accepting woman who always listened to Chastitiy's problems, wants, and desires. Eyeopening.
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