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Title: Sophomore Slump
Review: Final Payments, Mary Gordon's first novel, and Men and Angels, are so extraordinary in their richness, complex and compelling characters, philosophical depth and control of language, that I can safely say Gordon is one of the most interesting writers working today. But this? Oh dear. Felicitas is a cliche, her involvement in the 60's leftest colegiate circle a cliche, her 70s single motherhood a cliche; the whole a mess. Skip this and buy a copy of Final Payments, probably one of the best first novels by an American writer in the 20th century. This is the dreaded Sophomore Slump at its slumpiest!
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