This book came highly recommended to me by more than one friend, and I went in with high hopes.  I am sure it suffered by following the superb Hild in my reading queue.  But here I am a few days later and still I can only muster a “meh.” Here’s the summary:  In the early 60s, in a sleepy little Italian fishing village, Pasquale dreams of upgrading his “Hotel Adequate View” to a resort along the lines of neighboring Cinque Terre.  One day a beautiful American actress […]