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Title: Interesting history, but. . .
Review: It might be good if Ms. Scottoline sticks to history or the law, then uses a ghostwriter. Her discussion of the treatment of Italian-Americans is very good; her treatment of the protagonist is poor. The protagonist is a genius in one sentence, then a dolt in the next; not a believable character. The plot deserves a 10, the history deserves an 8, the legal writing deserves a 7, the writing deserves to be forgotten.
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