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Review title: He didn't want to waste the research!
Product review: It seems that Guterson did a lot of research for this novel and was reluctant to "waste" any of it. The point, surely, is to use only what you need. The few brushtrokes of traditional Japanese drawing: economical and sure, seem an apt comparison here. It's repetitive, it has a made-for-Hollywood ending, but underneath all that a good editor could find an excellent novella.
