Title: Not quite Catcher in the Rye but...
Product review: Not quite Catcher in the Rye but if you felt an affinity with Holden Caulfield then the character of Harry Taft might just win you over. There is a story in all this but it's more of a character study that a padded out plot. The characters are pretty well fleshed out - even many of the minor characters - and the caricatures are kept just the right side of believable. Put it this way, this is the first book in weeks that I've read right through to the end and it says a lot for any author that they can hold my interest and not have me skipping paragraphs let alone pages. Americans will obviously pick up on all the subtle nuances that a Briton like me might miss if he didn't have an American wife to consult but that's a minor gripe.
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