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Title: It's actually fairly good
Review: I disliked this book a lot at first; in fact, I almost wrote an ugly review here. But then I sat and thought about it for a while, and did some critical reading and decided to undertake the whole thing again. It's a lot easier the second time around (although that's not saying very much, I guess). More importantly, with a clearer understanding of what (I think) he was trying to do, the book was both more understandable and more enjoyable. Still, I wonder at times if he isn't just being difficult for the sake of being difficult.But then, why SHOULD things always be easy?Anyway, the essay on "Mason & Dixon" in the New York Review of Books really helped me to clarify my thoughts about the novel. I would recommend reading it, perhaps even before you go at the book itself.
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