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Review title: A long, hard slog
Product review: This ambitious book has a promising start, but it loses its way. Ms. Neville exhibits an impressive grasp of history, chess, mathematics, art, computers, and more--but that's a big part of the problem. The plot is full of gratuitous detours apparently designed simply to show off the author's knowlege of of these subjects. At first these bunny trails are minor distractions, but for me they built into a major annoyance. Only more patient and forgiving readers than I will make it to the end of this one.
