What disappointed you about Spain?
This book NEVER took any shape — and I listened to the entire work on a long drive. It starts with an hour and a half of the driest academic biography that even the author’s mother would not read. Then it rambles on, about various topics, in no clear order. Not a single story or anecdote of any character ever appears. The author clearly KNEW such tales, but he talks in such an unfocused way, you don’t even know the era or region under discussion. Only when he got to Franco did any narrative emerge and even that was minimal.

What about Kevin Pierce’s performance did you like?
Unlike a number of reviewers, I think the narrator was outstanding. He read complex academic writing in a patient but not monotone voice. Perhaps his Spanish pronunciation could have been better, but there was so very little in Spanish, that didn’t matter.
You didn’t love this book… but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The author does have original thoughts and surely was a great professor. The author should have worked with an editor, or even family members, to make this engaging. This work smothered any insight into what should have been fascinating.
Any additional comments?
I wanted to like this. I wish I had heeded the many warning reviews.