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Title: The story is highly repetitive and sticks to one alcoholic.
Review: The book won the National Book Award in 1998 which stimulated my interest in reading it. I was disappointed with the theme, the death of an alcoholic. The life of the protagonist (if you can call him such) was a dreary life in a bottle. Why he was called "charming" is beyond me. The book is well written, which helps since the story is highly repetitive. The poor characters loved a man who did not love himself. Did he really drown his life in alcohol because of a broken heart? It seems highly unlikely yet little is known about the character. I was most disappointed.
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