The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
Deeply compelling, well-crafted ... Yet the literary heart of this brilliant novel, its probing meditations on class, power, and the inevitability of crime, is rendered with the same nuance and intensity as Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet.
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Atmospheric ... Ms. Grames writes with a keen eye and a gift for earthy simile.
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Captivating ... The novel feints at being a thriller, but is more consistently the coming-of-age story of a nosy, idealistic and arrogant young woman with a well-meaning savior complex ... She's no antihero, but she isn't always easy to root for, either, particularly as the novel barrels toward its mostly predictable conclusion. While Grames' protagonist is slow to learn, her story has plenty to teach about the potential pitfalls of good intentions and the fictional Santa Chionia is an enchanting destination.
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