Here are some literature blogs I recommend: see the first...

Here are some literature blogs I recommend: see the first for a marvelous piece on Peter Matthiesen’s Far Tortuga, and the second for more on A Fabulous Opera

http://www.macumbeira.com/2015/08/far-tortuga-by-peter-matthiessen.html

http://enriquefreequesreads.blogspot.si/2015/10/a-fabulous-opera-by-tropic-of-ideas.html