A review by samiam10
The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance

5.0

It is difficult to set a catagory for this book. It belongs to a time with social mores and customs which are so foreign to todays readers that it would require an interpreter for most. The hero was a wealthy dilettanti, bored with his life who was swept up in circumstances somewhat unbelieveable, but exciting, and a love interest who was a rapidly changing and challenging mystery for much of the book. The novel was well written and characterizations were so well done that one feels that sense of disconnectedness at times due to self immersion in the plot. I highly recommend this and all other similar books, they are fun, and the style of writing should not be lost to current readers.