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Title: Why confuse fact with fiction?
Review: Like the other reviewers, I'm having trouble deciding if the story is really fact or fiction. I was convinced at first it was fact, but the further I get in the book, I'm not sure.If it is fiction, why the factual "ruse"? I think I would have read it either way, but I, too, am distracted by trying to figure out if this is really how someplace looked or someone acted.If it is fiction, are all the professors, etc. acknowledged in the preface also made up? I don't like this trend (I first saw it in "The Bridges of Madison County") where a preface claims a book is true, but it isn't. I much prefer books like "My Antonia" which claims to be a recollection but we know from the beginning it's not.I think Mr. Rivele has been working with Oliver Stone too much. <g
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