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Title: Yawn
Review: I wonder if I read the same book as the first reviewer here? Couldn't have.The book I read alternated between being boring and self-consciously "avante-garde." In defense of Mr. Southern, this is very much a first novel. Lots of characters, lots of plot and. . .it all goes nowhere. The characters, all of them, are selfish, self-serving neurotic a-holes. It was impossible to feel anything for them. Only the Latino gardener character was anything resembling human.If you're new to Southern's writing, skip this effort and go right to THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN---so much a superior book, it's hard to believe it was written by the same guy. For what it's worth, in the fine Southern biography, A GRAND GUY, it's noted that Allen Ginsberg couldn't make heads or tails of FLASH AND FILIGREE either.
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