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Title: Well written, but&#65533;
Review: House of Sand and Fog is the most stress inducing book I have ever read. It's the story of the battle of wills between two parties, Mr. Behrani, and Kathy Niccolo, over a little bungalow just off the shore in northern California. When a third party, Deputy Sheriff Lester Burdon, steps in to help Kathy, the battle gets intensely out of hand, and everything snowballs uncontrollably until the disastrous finale.While it was beautifully crafted, and I marvel at how Dubus was able to wring out so much depth from such a simple plot line, the tensions are piled so thickly I couldn't appreciate the story--I was too stressed out! I wouldn't recommend this novel to anyone, unless they felt they needed a little extra anxiety in their life.
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