Steve's Reviews > The Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro

I really enjoyed the title story. It's a surprising and erotic coming of age story about a young, American expatriate.

Do you find her attractive?

I had to admit that I did. She was pretty in a brittle old-fashioned way. She was chic, she was demanding. Yes, she was much older than me— I could not tell how much; thirty-five, perhaps— and I was twenty-one. Be strangely , her age did not prejudice me against her. I was attracted to here for it, for the oddness of it. She was certainly unlike any woman I had ever met— in fact, she was a woman; I didn't know any women [...]