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Title: House of Sand and Fog
Review: As a resident of the book's setting, the SF Bay Area of California, I was intrigued about the book -- unfortunately, the anticipation of reading it was the best part! This has to be one of the worst books I've ever read! I don't quite understand the critical acclaim it's been getting -- I would compare this book to a trashy romance novel. This is a sorry tale about Sheriff Lester Burdon who cheats on his wife and falls in love/lust with a Kathy Niccolo who is broke, homeless and is constantly having visions of he ex-husband who dumped her. The other main character of the book, former Col. Behrani was a man completed in denial of his current lot in life which is a trash picker by day and 7 Eleven cashier by night. I found this book re-enforcing of negative ethnic stereotypes and a total waste of one's time.
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