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Review title: At least it was short
Product review: Staring at the Sun read rather as if Barnes had a couple of good ideas rattling around his head, but hadn't the time to explore or refine them before the publishing deadline was up.I wish I'd given up fairly early on, when it was clear that the main character was not someone I could engage with or care about. Then about two thirds into the book, it just got silly. Still I persevered - partly because I'd loved the History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters & Flaubert's Parrot, partly because this book had been recommended.Very disappointing.
