This novel by Giorgio Bassani held strong echoes for me of Death in Venice. The critical action takes place on a resort beach and involves an older, respected doctor making a fool of himself for a young man. The way Bassani presents the poison of gossip as it spreads is masterful, and a sequence near the end involving a stray dog is heartbreaking – maybe too heartbreaking and a tad manipulative, in fact.
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