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Title: Probably not worth your time
Review: In our super literate and conscientious read group, only 1 of 5 completed this novel. Vidal's knowledge of the period is impressive but his voice so arch and almost parodistic that one remains at too great a remove from the characters and their fates. The same tone reigns throughout the novel so it does not have the nuance, the ups and downs, the emotional grip of truly great novels.
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