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Originally Posted by barutanseijin
John Krich -- Music in every room: Around the world in a bad mood
Can't decide if this is a parody of travel writing or just overwritten. Sometimes the narrator drops the baroque exclamations and repetitions for a quieter, almost elegaic mode. I liked those moments best. Once in a while the prose matches the setting. I think that happens in the Istanbul chapter. Also, some of the passive aggressive dynamics with Iris and other travellers are amusing.
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Hey! I've actually read this one ... as an audiobook years ago. Don't recall the details but my impression squares with your comments.
For a recent read that turned out much better than expected:
An Inquiry Into Love and Death - set in 1920's England featuring an Oxford student drawn into a village mystery by the death of her estranged uncle there. Fans of the Maisie Dobbs series should like this one.