Title: A real disappointment.....
Product review: After the brilliance of Borderliners, Smilla's Sense of Snow, and The History of Danish Dreams, this novel was a genuine shock. None of the incisive social commentary or fascinating characterization which made me a Peter Hoeg fan were present in this novel. I found the story strained, inconsistent, and frankly, amateurish.I really suspect that this novel is an earlier effort, previously unpublished (for good reason). The fact that the royalties from the novel are being used to support the "Lolwe" Foundation established by the author may account more for it's publication than any literary merit it might possess. (Don't get me wrong, I eagerly await Mr. Hoeg's next effort .. I only hope it will be more like the earlier novels than this one..)
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