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Review title: A sad waste of a fine premise
Product review: When I first started the book I was captivated with what I took to be a refreshing old-world obliviousness to political correctness. And, I thought, amid such a promising intellectual atmosphere the stereotypes would surely deepen into real characters eventually. But instead the context flattens out to match the stereotypes. The mystery plots (both historical and contemporary) turn thin, the chess and musical analogies go off-key, and to find the conclusion at all persuasive you have to buy into some pretty nasty prejudices. Since the professional reviewers have overrated this so badly, for the sake of fairness I'm giving it only one star.
