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Review title: Like a Russian Novel.....
Product review: In defense of Mr. Maloney, add me to the "What the hellwas that?" club.To quote Frank McCourt, "........those russian novels, where after 400 pages, the peasant commits suicide, and you wish he'd done it on page 4?"There is not one character that I felt any liking for. Our hero is a wuss, his life is pathetic, and everyone around him is despicable. However, at the end of the book, he is still a wuss, his life still pathetic, those around him are still wretched, and two completely unimportant characters shack up and throw a housewarming party.In fact, the suicide-on-page-400 would have been the highlight of this book. I did not get that pleasure.This is Seinfeld in print. Which I find equally un-funny and pointless.My apologies, Mr. Wilcox. But I have a feeling that this book was for your own amusement, and not that of your readers. My friend had a joke like that, where after 45 minutes of build-up one came to realize that there is no punch line. It just goes on and on....
