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Title: Well-written, intelligent and surprising
Review: I think the main appeal of Siri Hustvedt's novel lies in the fact that its protagonists, at least the bigger part of them, are better educated than the average reader. I still don't know anything aobut art or art history, but how Leo and Bill think and talk about art brought some insight to me, and it prompted me do have a look at some of the artists described in there. We're reading about full-fleshed characters who have the ability to constantly surprise us because there is always something we have not yet figured out about them. This is a very good read, not least because Siri Hustvedt knows about the use of language and the art of writing.
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