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Title: unbelievable
Review: Like the New York Times review says, this is just unbelievable. Gurganus' writing is episodically thrilling, but the best bits are strewn like chunks through the text, and the characters are ridiculously drawn (I ask you: a cipher called HARVEY MIMS?). I felt excluded and patronised, and I have to be honest: I didn't finish it. It seemed like too much of a long haul for a story and characters I cared little about.
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