Title: boring
Review: Pay heed to the New Yorker's review above--this is so drab and dull my husband and I didn't finish it. The tone is confused and the spots of melodrama undermine both the sinister aspects and the parts that would be funny. The characters are merely grotesque and impossible to either sympathize with, or despise. Also, the plot moves forward largely because everybody--including the "young poisoner" himself--is a moron. Hard to find something to like here.
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