The Gentleman

An amusing trifle in which characters plan and try to do many things; but, ultimately, in which nothing much is done or needs to be done, much like the main character Lionel's poetry ideas: Talked about and never executed. I was never bored, and I enjoyed the silliness.

Not quite as clever as the author seemed to think it was. And for a book about a poet who rescues his wife from the devil, there is disappointingly little action. Or maybe that's the point. Anyway, a quick cute read with amusing footnotes from an “editor” who is obviously not a big fan of the narrator.