The Dust That Falls from Dreams

Very readable, as de Bernieres always is, but even for a 500 page book it feels slight and somewhat hackneyed - this is ground that has been covered many times before. It feels as if the book was written with one eye on the lavish Sunday evening BBC adaptation. An afterword suggests future volumes are to come, which may be a saving grace - I'd be intrigued to see a multi volume Dance To The Music Of Time style project from LdB.