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Title: Great writting, pity about the personalities
Review: Just finished this book. First read of Philip Roth and I think he is a great writer, lots of brillant description, background and life.However the 3 main protagonists, Swede, Dawn & Merry are so flat that they are hardly 2 dimenisonal. If they were ment to be ciphers for the American experiance of the 60's and 70's....it fails to engage or make me identify with it or them.All 3 remained unreal, even Swede's rage near the end left me unmoved or concerned.There are attempts at "magic realism" in this book, but, I couldn't engage in it.As a descriptive writter he seems over welming in his ability and will go down as America's Dickens or Hardy.A prize winner? no I think not.
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