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Title: Two Great Stories in One book
Review: The Confusion is a ripping tale that goes off in two directions. One follows Daniel Waterhouse around Europe and england giving the reader a good feel for what it was like to live during the time of the emerging enlightenment.The other follows Jack Shaftoe and his circumnavigation of the Globe. This is the adventure story that goes from Africa, to India, to Japan to Mexico and back.As the second in a series of three books, one could expect this to be a bridge between the first and last books. Nothing of the sort, this book is an accellerates and is worth the read on its own.Earlier I reviewed Quicksilver and found it good but a bit ponderous -- not the Confusion. Like Stephenson's Cryptonomicron, this book races through with action, interest and good storytelling.If you thought about dropping the series after Quicksilver, don't this book is a great tale.
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