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Title: Sorry Andre.
Review: I never give up on a novel but in this case I am tempted as I fear I am wasting valuable reading time on, frankly, rubbish. What the hell is the guy trying to say? What are his political ideas? I am half way through the novel and I have no clue as to what he is trying to portray. Is Andre one of those attractive Afrikaan types that the world cannot forgive South Africa for having spawned. His totally uninteresting main character in this uninteresting novel is portrayed as a bitter, unattractive, nasty middle-aged man but he just comes across as a half-drawn, two-dimensional creature, who really only wants to indulge in masturbatory middle-aged fantasies. He does not even know how to swear convincingly! And if the Flemish hell hole he ends up into is as disturbing and grotesque as a Hyeronimous Bosch then I am Winnie Mandela. What a wank! Give me The Power of One or even Wilbur any day.
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