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Review title: Clever chess maybe; clever characterizations NOT!
Product review: Perez-Reverte's meticulous depiction of art, history, literature, music and chess did not extend to the characters that populate this novel, most of whom belong in trashy novels that don't pretend to be intellectual. I found the gay character to be especially outdated - so witty, so sarcastic, so sensitive, so well dressed, so stereotypical. The other characters were cliches as well - the aging party girl, her dim but handsome boyfriend, the elderly rich man, his greedy daughter, the enigmatic geek, the ineffectual police detective. I was insulted by the "surprise" ending - the multi-layered mystery resolved itself with a very disappointing and unbelievable whimper. Don't be fooled by comparisons to the The Name of the Rose or anything by Umberto Eco - all resemblences are superficial. Erudition is not the same as quality
