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Title: Portrait of a Sociopath...
Review: I haven't read many of Hoffman's novels in the past, but I got through this one in a single evening. The perfect novel for a long plane ride! The main character is a classic sociopath; he does what he does because it's "necessary". Even for thirteen years' worth. The wife's character isn't fully developed in this story, so we don't know what she comes from or how she managed to stay in a fog for so many years. I would have probably though this a better story had more time been taken earlier on to present the cracks in this so-called "perfect" family. As presented however, Hoffman still manages to do a great job in showing what lives turned upside down can look like.
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