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Title: B-O-O-R-I-N-G + Poorly Written = Avoid this book!
Review: The Professor and the Madman achieved literary excellence with a focused and lively narrative coupled with word economy. This book pales beside its predecessor ... tangential, verbose, unlively and appears not to have been proofed. For example, on p. 123 there is a sentence of 79 words diced-up with 6 commas which comprise an entire nonsensical paragraph. This is typical for the story line is repeatedly doused with dead prose and thoughtless writing. In summary, this book is B-O-O-R-I-N-G and poorly written. John McPhee's writing deteriorated with geologic essays ... will the same happen to Winchester?
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