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Title: Sour taste, unpleasant purpose
Review: A very unusual book. There are a number of stories that concern a main character whose personal troubles give him illumination into the larger troubles of society. This book is unusual in that:-- the main character is a sour, depressed member of an old local aristocracy that has lost its power and prestige-- in his opinion, the troubles with society are the lack of chivalrous values and a sense of mission.The book takes on the pompous and self-pitying tone of its main character, and the points it makes about society seem so... well, conservative, even fuddy-duddy and irrelevant... that it makes you wonder if the author really means it or if he's trying to portray something. If the author really does mean it, then I wish he had drawn a character I had a little sympathy for. The personal problems just don't have must drama, and Lancelot Lamar himself is just not... that... exciting...
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