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Title: Too slick for its own good
Review: This is a very canny novel about a woman named Cannie (what a coincidence). And by "canny" I mean slickly tailored to the prevailing literary market: young woman in publishing flails comically through relationship (and weight) issues in today's crazy mixed-up urban world. Much of the time this reads exactly like a Hollywood movie treatment, in fact the excerpt provided here ... gives you a swell idea right off the bat. If this is your thing, and you don't mind frankly unbelievable twists like Cannie (a reporter) bonding deeply with a movie actress she's profiling (happens all the time, right?), then I can recommend this novel highly. If you want substance and real atmosphere in a book about women's problems ....
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