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Title: Mr. Fast Should Have Gone Fishing for a Better Editor
Review: I really enjoyed several of Howard Fast's other books, but this one is a disappointment. Although many of the characters are interesting, and the setting is of special interest to me (since I grew up in Stamford, CT, only a few miles from Greenwich), the book fails to make the larger point that it is so obviously trying to make. It fails so badly that I'm not even sure what that larger point is. The book is also very clumsily edited. Misuses of words abound. Perhaps the worst example is when the author refers to Sally as a socially inept person who makes many "gaffs" when she speaks. A "gaff" is a piece of fishing equipment. Social errors are "gaffes." Mistakes like this distract from the story. Mr. Fast should go fishing for a better editor for his next book.
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