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Title: Overrated Tripe
Review: I have read many books about nothing and enjoyed the majority of them. However, this rambling opus has a poorer center of gravity than its protagonist. The humor is pedestrian at best and the characters, sparsely drawn, wilt in the New Orleans heat. This is just another fine example of how book awards in general are misguided endorsements of sub-par work. There is a very good reason why this book was rejected by various publishers...it isn't very good. Toole casts a very large net, but catches very few fish in his attempt to capture an incendiary and convoluted period in American life. It appears that Toole is making an attempt at clever historical fiction, but shrouds the work in ludicrousness in order to hide its short comings and general failings.
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