Title: Starts well but ends in a torrent of self-absorbed drivel
Product review: A Work of Genius? I had read the newspaper raves and after scanning the first few pages, bought A.H.W.S.G. at a Sea-Tac airport bookstore. Big Mistake. If one skips the irritatingly cutesy prolog and begins with the main story, one quickly becomes engrossed in the sad story of the death of the author's mother. After that heartbreaking beginning the rest of the book is indeed staggering in the sense that it leads nowhere.What is the appeal of this uneven personal narrative? Perhaps the kindness and decency that pervade this work are vanishing traits in our increasingly rude society. Readers will certainly relate to Mr. Egger's touching and caring relationship with his younger brother, Toph.Kindness and novelty ...one sees a lot of that in the paintings of children. Perhaps A.H.W.S.G. is the verbal equivalent of a child's painting. In that case, Grown-ups Beware. You'll find little of interest here.
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