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Title: law professor should stick to non-fiction
Review: A big disappointment from a writer who is much better at social commentary in non-fiction forms. The prose is stilted (and, for some reason, all in present tense), the plot is creaky, unweildy, and implausible, and somebody at his publisher should have gotten him a good editor. This book doesn't read as if it is by an author who has read or enjoyed thrillers. The "cliff-hanging" chapter endings are silly. It got a long review in the New York Times by someone who didn't know that a black bourgeoisie class existed. Maybe the book will be entertaining for this small and naive audience.
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