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Title: A solid 2 1/2 stars....
Review: I picked up this first novel at a used book sale (perfect condition; price $3) shortly after it was published. I did not get around to reading it until a couple of weeks ago. The tone of the book was sort of "Seinfeld" crossed with "Sex and the City," or maybe more accurately, "Seinfeld" if it had been on cable TV.It is set in NYC in the 1990's. That part is nice, but the protagonist was not enjoyable to me. I have been trying to find out if this Andrew Postman is the same Andrew Postman who gave the eulogy at his famous father's funeral (Neil Postman). The eulogy was one of the most sensitive pieces of writing I ever read. If the author of this book is indeed the same Andrew Postman, I wish he would have injected this first novel with the same humanity as was in that eulogy.
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