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Review title: Disappointing
Product review: The book has its enjoyable moments, and Irving is sometimes very funny in relaying anecdotes and scenes. As a complete novel, however, he misses by a wide margin. One particularly annoying device is Irving's repeated and ham-handed fore-shadowing: "As you shall see..." and "As it all became clear to me later..." I'm surprised his editor wasn't able to guide him away, as those points seemed more appropriate for a high school creative writing assignment.
