Title: Not really worth the effort
Product review: Despite the glowing reviews plastered all over the cover, and despite the fact that it was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, I was disappointed. I laughed really hard only once. The rest of the time it was mostly just a non-stop braindump droning. Don't get me wrong, there were some very insightful passages, it does point in the direction of some of the big questions, and the style is clearly off the beaten path. But it left me with only one really strong impression - this author (and his generation?) watches way too much bad television. The narrative is a combination of personal memoir mixed with wild TV-style fantasy, presented in an action-thriller-drama mode interrupted by brain fart commercials. Definitely self-absorbed. Definitely self-serving. Definitely paranoid. Probably schizophrenic. I'm sure he'd love this review.
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