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Title: Disappointing
Review: I found this book on an awards list and listened to it on CD. It was difficult to finish because I just didn't care about any of the characters. The only redeeming part of the book is the charming narrative with which it opens, told from the viewpoint of a little boy growing up in a close-knit Italian-American family. But the narratives of the adults, which follow, are predictable and fall hopelessly flat. There are the obligatory infidelities and a lesbian dalliance, and there is even some completely gratuitous George Bush bashing! There is much better contemporary fiction out there.
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