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Title: An unpleasant story
Review: I listened to the audio version of this book. I admit to preferring books with happy endings or at least those where the protagonists profit in some way. The audio version is a 14 hour tribute to stupidity and stubbornness. There is nothing to learn here except how not to react to bureaucratic error. The writing is good, but the turns in the plot do nothing to make this a worthwhile experience. Isn't it enough to have things in life with terrible results like 9/11 and the Holocaust without producing fiction that does the same? The reactions of the people to the circumstances don't even make sense. By the way, Kathy is a reformed cocaine addict, not an alcoholic like several reviews state. (this is stated very early in the book).
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