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Title: Depressing
Review: On page 292 of his novel, Leavitt writes: "It is always disturbing to recognize the capacity for malice in friends whom we are used to viewing as generous and kind". I'm sure Gary Glickman and Meg Wolitzer are feeling something along those lines in the aftermath of this thoroughly depressing novel. Had there been any art involved, of course, the issue of mined relationships would be moot, but autobiography is all this book has going for it, and there is little here to admire.
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