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Title: Rabbit sucks
Review: Never a big fan of the great WASP male writer that Updike is , or was, I am pleased to see that so many also thought this book was awful, on a number of levels. For me, just the hubris to call the book Brazil, as if it were the last word was offensive from the get-go. Then add all the Portuguese words in italics sprinkled through to give some authenticity ---please . . . Someone gave me this novel before I moved to Brazil in 1997. It is so far-fetched as to be insulting. The only good thing about this book is that it inspired me to write my own book, a memoir of a real country, with amazing people and a fascinating history, an incredibly vibrant culture and landscapes too fabulous to be invented. Updike was really the ugly American on this one. RIP, gringo.
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