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Title: Read this book only if (a) its free and (b) you're stranded
Review: Hard to believe that this book is by the same author that wrote "Pillars of the Earth" and "Night Over Water". Good premise that never, ever, gets off the launch pad for the entire book. Historical inaccuracies abound, i.e., Xerox photocopying in 1958, sloppy editing, i.e., in one scene Elspeth is driving a white '57 Chevy Bel Air convertible, in the next scene its a white Corvette and in the next scene the '57 Bel Air is back, and Mr. Follet assumes that the reader has no short or long term memory, i.e., he tells over and over why a character is loyal to another character. Poorly developed plot, no real character development and the way that events fall together are pretty incredible. James Lee Burke and Martin Cruz Smith are better at writing this kind of story.
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