Palace of the Drowned: A Novel
Who can ever know the inner life of a writer? Days, weeks, months spent alone in their heads conjuring up worlds that many of us never knew existed. Most of the time, those worlds don’t exist. But on a rare occasion, the slope gets slippery, when an avid fan chooses to make an author’s imagination a reality. Enjoy this one as the lines blur.
It’s 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend’s vacant palazzo in Venice. Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie’s debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a ...


