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Title: Truly Unenjoyable Pompous Baloney
Review: Endlessly digressive, intentionally complex and, simply put, one of the most displeasing books I've ever attempted to read. When I first read a short review of Great Neck, I'd hoped for an interesting story about Long Island teenagers and the turmoils of the 1960s. But Cantor's not interested in telling a story as much as showing off his non-linear, intentionally complicated writing style. I'm not impressed. Not one person in my book club could finish Great Neck, and we're not rubes; Middlesex by Jeffry Eugenides and The Known World by Edward P. Jones were two of our favorites. Sure to be loved by post-modernist poseurs and English professors, but probably not by many others.
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