Title: Read his others instead
Product review: So, so bad. At his best -- A Widow for One Year, for example -- Irving is Balzacian/Dickensian/Sterne-like in his energy, robustness, tenderness, humor and sheer narrative pace and force. This misses out in just about every way. Irving is obviously a major, major novelist so my negative review of this piece is just an alert to anyone who has not read his earlier work that this is almost certain to be a disappointment; but perhaps part of being a great writer is risk-taking and pushing of boundaries so from that perspective this is just a push too far. Read Widow for One Year instead and marvel.
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