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Title: Good book, but...
Review: I liked this book a lot, but I really think it would have been better if Goldman had dropped the "Morgenstein" idea. For the record, there is no Morgenstein (haven't you ever wondered why you have never seen Florin on a map of Europe?) It is bad enough he wastes the introduction with a fictional story about how his father used to read him this story as a kid and that he felt it his duty to "abridge" the work of the fictional author S. Morgenstein. Then he really detracts from the story by adding these pointless editorials throughout the book. (One last time, there is no Morgenstein. Goldman made him up).So how good is the story? It certainly is worth the five stars I gave it. But I would like to one day see a version of this book with just the story and Goldman's pointless introduction and remarks abridged.
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