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Review title: John Irving Lite
Product review: Russo gets credit for being a brillaint writer. 'Straight Man' and 'Nobody's Fool' were excellent novels, creating characters and worlds i still recall fondly.But let's face it, this is a beach read.An Oprah book.The problem is, Oprah's book club is out of business.russo aspires to the dizzying heights of a John Irving novel. A small town, quirky characters. Ah, yes, but Irving novels (when good) have deeper meaning. (Is Owen Meany God? Does feminism destroy women? Is abortion ethical?)This novel's meaning is sadly trite: small town life is disintigrating--but it can be SAVED BY A CREDIT CARD COMPANY?I'm not sure Russo even sees the irony in his own Hollywood ending. These are the same comapnies who lay off his characters by the tens of thousands in real life.Its sad. The characters are well rounded but we've met them all before.If this were a first novel, it would have been edited to ribbons.
