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Title: An Amazing Parable
Review: I'll keep this brief. This is one of the best novels about California since The Grapes of Wrath. A story of farmers, soldiers, husbands, wives, sex, deceit and land. Didion has a strong grasp on the American idiom of postwar America. It exposes and demystifies the dark side of "The Greatest Generation" while at the same time being fairly nonjudgemental. These are human beings, with just as many feelings as anyone else. Didion makes the characters realistic struggle to be good truly engaging and extremely heartfelt. With each passing chapter the reader feels a pang of torment knowing the characters tragic fall from grace will be unavoidable. Despite its quite depressing qualities (and there are a great deal of them, expertly explored by Didion) it is an enthralling read. If you like socially aware fiction, this is for you.Easily one of the strongest and expertly crafted American novels of the 20th century and maybe the best novel about California next to Grapes of Wrath.
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