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Title: brilliant
Review: Henry James once said that any effort to write about a time more than 50 years removed from one's own was worthless and shouldn't be attempted. Alas, poor Henry! He didn't have a chance to read Brian Hall. As a long time admirer of Hall's fiction and non-fiction, I picked up this book with anticipation and read it with absolute pleasure. It is a brave attempt to give credible and engaging voice to characters removed from us not only by time, but also by race, class and sensibility. It succeeds magnificently.
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