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Title: dull story about ordinary people
Review: I looked forward to reading this book because it got the National Book award. What a disappointment! For some reason the author made it difficult to figure out relationships between and among the different characters. That puts an unnecessary burden on the reader. Once again in a work of fiction the Irish are made to look bad. Here the girl who left Billy, never to return, turns out to be a selfish person who keeps the money he sent for her return and uses it for her own purposes. At least this book has a happy ending. But I could not recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good book.
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