The Book, the Bottle, and the Question They Share

Some pairings begin with a title.

I opened The Safekeep at a candlelit bar with a glass of Barone Fini Pinot Grigio, mostly because both happened to be in front of me at the same time. I wasn't looking for a connection. At first, they seemed unrelated, a taut, unsettling Dutch novel and a clean, mineral Italian white from the hills of Trentino.

Then I started reading.