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Title: a mediocre novel, full of errors
Review: I have enjoyed many of Mr. Archer's novels, but this one did not seem to be up to his usual standard. Like "Kane and Abel" and "First Among Equals," it tells the life stories of ambitious men who become bitter rivals. However, the characters were not likable, which made it difficult for me to identify with their struggles.More damagingly, one of the characters was from a Jewish background, but the novel is full of the most elementary errors about Jewish culture. The author obviously did no research in this area. I can't help wondering whether the book also contains errors about Australian culture (the background of the second character) which I was unable to spot.
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