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Title: Second only to Ayn Rand as crypto-Fascist trash.
Review: Wordy, banal, and politically wrong-headed; the kind of thing that appeals to unsceptical adolescents who find it "deep" because they believe it resonates with their own minuscule experience of life. Which is also true of Miss Rand's work.The characters were two-dimensional and unsympathetic, and the writing pedestrian. Also, the big surprise twist at the end was a surprise chiefly because it was utterly, ludicrously non-credible.Don't waste your time. Go read Patrick O'Brian instead. It will be much, much harder going -- and it will be much, much more rewarding.
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