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Title: I wanted to like this book but didn't succeed
Review: This book does have some lovely writing in it. There are moments when I thought, "ah, at last, this is going to get good" and then two pages later I was back to feeling bored and antsy. The writing is clever in some spots and very funny but overall, those bright spots just aren't enough.There are interesting moments such as the lessons given about art history but Frayn goes into them in far too much detail such that they become boring and tedious. The characters tend to do things which are unbelievable several times over and in the end, I only finished it because it was for my bookclub and I was the one who made the recommendation to begin with.
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