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Title: Flowery prose finally gets the best of Conroy
Review: A fan of Conroy's books, including "The Prince of Tides" and "The Water is Wide", I found this book to be terribly disappointing. Though I admire his ability in previous works to mold sentences that beautifully tell of his southern homeland and the characters within it, his flowery prose runs wild here. Certain passages, though describing a depressing chain of events, are downright laughable. Gay Talese's editing contributes to a lack of continuity and plausibility, resulting in a work that is maudlin and hackneyed to the fullist. Check out other Conroy...this is definately his worst.
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