The Detour (Hardcover)

from RebeccaGraf

he Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax A story set in pre-World War II Italy, The Detour is a story of a German man sent to Italy to retrieve the marble statue of the discus thrower. But it is more than a story of art, war, or ethnicity. Andromeda Romano-Lax brings a story of the soul. Ernst Volger ha...

from Beamis12

The prose in this book is astonishing. The descriptions of the sculptures and the scenery were a joy to read. Working for Hitler and his Sonderprojekte, after his mentor and boss is imprisoned at Dachau, a very young Vogler is sent to Italy to purchase a ancient copy of The Discus Thrower. What f...

from SamSattler

Andromeda Romano-Lax (more on this fascinating name, later) struck it big in 2007 with her debut novel, The Spanish Bow, a story set in Spain and Western Europe from the days of the Spanish-American War to the beginning of World War II. That fascinating novel became a New York Times Editor's Choi...

from sworsnup

Part road trip, part soul search. Great adventure story with a historical setting.