REVIEWS of A MIDLIFE INTERMEZZO

**** Four stars (out of five)

Fans of schadenfreude will devour this compelling story of a midlife crisis that deteriorates into obsession. Boas Gonen offers a drama of the human soul in A Midlife Intermezzo, the compelling story of one man's midlife crisis gone awry. The first-person perspective, which can be tricky, is well crafted. The voice is candid and honest. It provides suspense just when the story needs it: It was time to quit while my sanity was intact, although I wondered whether it wasn't too late for that. The characters are fully dimensional and fallible. This is a tale of one man's struggles, providing enough interest to inspire pressing on through all four hundred pages.

- Clarion (Foreword) Review

Gonen's writing flows competently, including scene setting, dialogue, and point of view (some sections are in Svetlana's voice); he uses Vips medical background to good effect, and his discussions of opera are well-informed ...

- Kirkus Reviews