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Title: Intelligent, thoughtful, and utterly unreadable
Review: I bought this book because of a glowing review in the New York Times Review of Books. I have gotten to page 57 and I cannot go on. This material has been covered before. And was this author assigned an editor? Even thus far, some characters are confusing, and some material repeats.The review I read suggested that the book is new and original because it covers the topic of a black man owning slaves. But I am only at page 57 and this black man has died, and there is far too much angst going on about it.If you have to read this because it's on the college book list, schedule extra time for this one.
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