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Title: Fails on many levels
Review: Not to be picky, but first of all, the law is that since the county never owned the house, since they made the mistake that started this whole mess, they can't auction it, and in real life the sale would be taken back whether Behrani agreed or not. But aside from that, where the author fails badly is that he does not make Lester or Kathy synmpathetic characters that I care about. I feel nothing but contempt for them, and throughout the whole story wish they'd go away and leave the Behranis alone. And no, I'm not Iranian or even close. The story just spirals uncontrollably downhill to such an extent that it was not believable. And the end is ambiguous, maybe intentially. I have no idea what happens to Kathy at the end. But since the author has made me not like her I don't feel sorry for her at all. This could have been done much better, but it's obvious that the author is talented, and his next effort can be considerably better than this (I hope).
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