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Title: Very, very difficult to care.
Review: This book came to me very highly recommended. I gave it my best effort. I'm highbrow, I mean, I can endure all kinds of dull things if there's lurking merit, but I couldn't endure this. The characters are flat. The narrator is about as likeable as that of _American Psycho_. It's Cheever without the wit. Old-school New Yorker types leading New Yorker lives. I couldn't stand listening to this woman if she was sitting next to me in a restaurant or coffee shop and for the same reason I don't want to read a book from her point of view: She has nothing to say. So, zero points for content, maybe half a point for eloquence. The back page, rather than profile the author, describes the font in which the book is printed, and if it was worth my time I'd explore the ways in which that's appropriate for this abysmal, cheerfully decadent story collection.
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