BoMay reviewed The Curse of Pietro Houdini: a Novel by Derek L. Miller
Coming of age during wartime
4 stars
The Curse of Pietro Houdini is a coming of age story mixed with a World War II thriller set in and around Montecassino. Also an exposition of the ways in which fascism and war destroy empathy. A section in the middle bogs down a little and could have used an editor’s knife but this is mostly an engaging and well-told tale.