Give me books, fruit, french wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors. --John Keats

Sunday, November 23, 2025

“The Clasp” by Sloane Crosley

Yep, it’s official. I like Sloane Crosley’s essays more than I like her novels.  

The Clasp is the story of Victor, Kezia and Nathaniel, college friends who aren’t as close as they once were. They meet up again at the wedding of an acquaintance, where Victor becomes convinced of the harebrained idea that the necklace from the Guy de Maupassant short story of that name was a real item rather than a fictional one. What’s more, Victor decides he might know where to find that amazing necklace. Everyone ends up in France, which is always fun. 

Not that I didn’t like this book. It was a fun read (funny, with a swift plot) and I liked the characters. Crosley is a good writer. But I have decided I would prefer to read essays by Crosley and novels by someone else. 


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