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Title: Not very Fletch-like
Review: Taking place in Brazil, this book tends to lose the story among descriptions of Carnival parades and drums and songs. It is extremely slow, seeming more like a day in the life of Fletch on vacation. No real mystery or adventure here, nothing Fletch couldn't pack up and leave behind, unlike most of the other Fletch books. Not too much of the classic Fletch dialogue, but there is plenty of portugese without translation and names that are tough to pronounce. Clearly, Gregory MacDonald did his homework for this book, but it I could use a little less description and a little more story. I will, of course, still read the two Fletch books that I have yet to read.
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