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Title: badly written polemic
Review: i had high hopes for this book. unfortunately, what started out so beautifully and lyrically written along the lines of a garcia-marquez quickly deteriorated into a mess. terrible writing style, disjointed, fractured, pointless drivel at times. this story has already been told many times in print and movie (the 3 burials of melquiades estrada)...it was obvious early on that the author is trying to push his agenda on the reader but forgot that to get someones attention you have to drive the point home with lucid, poignant, vivid narrative. the factoids in the end were downright nauseating. that map was pitiful for following the journey and setting. the characters without pictures of some type or tangible connection to their familes fell flat. very disappointing and wonder where the 5 stars come from...???!!!
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