Purchased from the Barons Court Library who are having yet another book sale. Part of a 7 or £1 deal.

I found so many allusions and homages to great works of literature in this book (Brideshead Revisited, The Great Gatsby, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest & some Shakespeare) but I missed the major one from never having read the book. Apparently it was a modern re-telling of The Count of Monte Christo.

I've not read anything else by Fry so wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't feel his persona especially stamped on the novel as I had expected to.

I enjoyed the story and the change in style and tone that each ploy turn brought about. It has made me want to read The Count of Monte Christo. So many books etc.

Passed on to another reader who expressed an interest in Bookcrossing.