>>24573152
I really should read more of his books because I've never even been outside of the US and he has a bunch of historical fiction books based on different places, and while the book was entertaining I did feel like I was broadening my horizons a little.
I'm not sure how you guys or /lit/ would like it. But it seemed way above average to me, and if you look him up it seems like he was pretty highly regarded and just kind of forgotten now.