His perspectives are grand, the history deep, the narrative conversational and enthusiastic ... This rich but tangled origin story comes alive through Allman’s personal exploration of Lauzerte and its environs.
Idiosyncratic but often lively ... The author’s style is at turns bombastic, entertaining, eccentric, and insightful. His writing, which verges on the baroque, sometimes spills over into overwrought. For fans, that is surely part of the charm, although it can be exasperating. There are also moments that call his rigor into question.
His writing is often brilliant, warm, and clever. The stories of present-day Lauzerte are, by turns, gripping and amusing; the details of Allman’s routines and the people of the village are touching and edifying.
