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Title: Dull Camp
Review: By far the weakest Highsmith effort. Tedious to the point of eyestrain, with a prose "style" that waffles between cliche and camp. I was dis-dis-disappointed. Glacial pace. The book is redeemed by its final forty pages--the very end is quite moving, actually. But how many times can we read (paraphrase):__Wes clapped David on the shoulder. "Have a drink, Dave, and forget about that girl for a while." David felt a rush of anger spread to his cheeks. Forget about Annabelle? He had her name tattooed on his ass! He looked again at Wes's pleading eyes, then again at Effie's maudlin, pitiful face. A rush of anger welled within him and spread to his nose. He would leave the house at once! He needed socks, knit socks, more of Mrs. Beecham's knit socks. He ordered two martinis and retired to his room to masturbate furiously over Annabelle's 50th non-existent letter.__
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