Dante Club
The scope and ambition of the novel reach beyond literary scholarship and the issues and tensions surrounding the translation of Dante, to reflect on the wider issues of the age....The literary trio-Longfellow, Lowell and Holmes-are wrested from the confines of their fireside reading club to become unlikely action heroes....Pearl's affectionate recreation of these characters...and his portrait of the literary process...form the heart of the book....The story's twists and turns are well handled, but...
