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Title: What could he be thinking?
Review: It is incomprehensible why Irving would have released this book. Fourth Hand lacks the colour and insight and joy we have come to expect from such an accomplished writer. The book is trite and dismissive and is more an invective against the media than anything else.It almost appears less a novel and more a script. Perhaps Irving has fallen to the lure of the moneyed agents and film industry. And who can blame him. What is art compared to healthy bank account?
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