Ascapola reviewed Friends and heroes by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- 1.)
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3 stars
The Balkan Trilogy has been on my reading list for a long time, but it has been a slow read. I found the descriptions of life in Bucharest and Athens fascinating - and I was, to my shame, ignorant of the Allied incursions in the Balkans at that stage of the war.
It is, of course, a view of expat life and mainly of huge entitlement. I soon came to like Harriet, but Guy is an incredibly annoying character - a dilettante who is politically naive and gets his kicks from providing entertainment and bathing in the attention of students and friends rather than his wife.
I'm intrigued to read the next trilogy - but I do need a break!