Title: Cumbersome...
Product review: This book should have been much better considering it's plot deals with some very timely issues, namely race relations, teen violence and alienation, corporate downsizing, etc.Unfortunately, the book is poorly written and verbose, with pages and pages of the main protagonist's stream of consciousness and flashback monologues that fail to advance the plot. At times it seems the author couldn't decide what kind of novel he wanted to write, and resorted to throwing in as many contemporary issues and concerns and literary techniques and devices as he could think of.While there are some positives, including interesting characterizations of some of the protagonists, overall the novel gives the impression that the author bit off more than he could chew.
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