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Title: Read the first fifty pages and the last fifty, skip the rest
Review: I really enjoyed Colonel Behrani's voice and perspective as a character. If the entire book had been told from his point of view, I might not have skimmed through to the end. I lost interest as soon as the author took us into the voice/mind of Kathy and her relationship with Lester. I don't enjoy 'victim-fiction' which is why I haven't read many of Oprah's latest picks. Kathy seemed to fall into that stereotype and Lester's fall into her stretched my imagination too far. I hope Mr. Dubus will write another novel using the strength of the voices he captured in the Behrani family...I'd look forward to reading it.
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