HUNGRY GERALD

HG rarely reads fiction. History, essays, biography, autobiography, architecture and design; cuisine—these are HG’s reading choices. However, daughter Lesley R. gifted BSK with a novel–“Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson, the distinguished British novelist. Lesley and BSK raved about the novel and insisted HG read it. So,  for the last few days–in HG’s Central Falls, RI, loft and the deck of Lesley’s Riverside, RI, home–HG didn’t stop reading the book until its end. An enthralling, stimulating,  frightening book (the horrors of the London Blitz have never been written about with such passion and focus on the grisly deaths and maimings as buildings and people were shattered). The structure of the book is innovative–and inevitable. HG will not try to summarize but urges HG followers: READ IT!!. HG finished the book on Lesley’s and her husband, Massimo’s sunny deck facing the Providence River. Dinner time and all spurned take out meals, So, Massimo made anchovy and smoked bluefish appetizers and drank chilled Rose’ as Lesley cooked a lush penne, cauliflower, gorgonzola pasta dish with chives plucked from a deck planter. The dish was delicious with Massimo selected wine. Obliging Lesley packed a small container of the dish for HG and the happy old fellow had it for lunch today.