Title: big book; big disappointment
Product review: This book is exactly what one would expect from an author resting on his laurels. Several hundred pages are (unnecessarily) devoted to developing characters that are simply stereotypes. The plot is complex, but to what purpose? Wolfe baits the reader, suggesting that some great irony or insight will be the reward for patiently reading the first 600 pages. But in the end, the plot is cut short. Perhaps Wolfe was in a hurry to bring this book to market for the hoiliday season? This book is like a car from the late 1970s. It looks big and powerful, but it turns out to be heavy, slow and wasteful.
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