A young American goes to Italy in hopes of reuniting wth his former fiancee and finds se is now engaged to an Italian nobleman who may be involved in a drug ring. There are alsi indications of communist involvement. My mother liked MacInnes but I have ever been able to get interested in her work. ( )

4486. North From Rome, by Helen MacInnes (read 18 Sep 2008) This is a 1958 novel. In the past I have enjoyed MacInnes books, but this one was a bore and I cannot say I felt it well-written. An American playwright is in Rome because his ex-girlfriend is there and is hooked up with an Italian who is in a drug ring being taken over by communists. They chase around in Rome and north of there and of course all turns out peachily. Not well written and not exciting. ( )