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Title: How on earth did this book get published?
Review: The author shows some promise: the plot is intriguing and fairly unpredictable. But his characters are hackneyed and two-dimensional and his style is extremely immature: overblown, self-indulgent, trite prose. A strong editor could have improved this book immeasurably by cutting 50 pages and several hundred adjectives.
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