Title: insightful and delightfully quirkly
Product review: Each new passage in this nearly perfect novel reflects Carey's background as a playwright, from his sparse use of atmospheric description to his calculated (and thematic) preoccupation with objects as keys to human personality. This lends a richness and thoughtfulness to his characterizations not often encountered in today's disposable fiction. His observations about human behavior are insightful (albeit a tad bit stagey at times) and every resident of the Observatory Mansions has left me searching for similarly quirky characters in the books I have read since putting this one down. I have found none so curious, so satisfying, or so original. This book is certainly worth the time it takes to read; it has stayed with me far longer.
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