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Review title: Protracted Boredom
Product review: Encouraged by glowing literary reviews, I persisted in plowing through this flat and oddly unfunny satire long after reason told me to stop. Unlike good social satire, in which characters are engaging despite their vanities and foibles, the characters here are bereft of life, and serve only as portals through which the writer cudgels us with his allegedly trenchant observances. Thus it was that I read the entire 600 and something pages without ever being genuinely amused or entertained. The observances seem dated -- haven't we all had our nouvelle cuisine experiences by now? -- and devoid of the imaginative twists one looks for as leavening. Turn back unless you have low expectations and lots of time to kill.
