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Title: Enjoyment and Other Impossible Pursuits
Review: This novel was a selection for a book discussion by a member of a group I belong to. Even the title turned me off. But I'm a team player, so I ordered the book and read it. I found the plot to be unoriginal and the characters unlikable, from the narcissistic, indulgent, homewrecking narrator, to her enabling husband, to his autocratic former wife, and their anti-social, simpering prodigy son. The one redeeming feature of the novel is the author's familiarity with the details and fixtures of New York's Central Park, which is the setting for several parts of the plot.
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