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Title: Topor Thy Name Is Torpor
Review: Five hundred and sixty-four pages. 253,800 words... of sheer tedium. Webster's II Unitversity Dictionary defines torpor as: Torpor (tor'por) n. Lat. 1.) ...A state of mental... insensibility.Topor's Codicil fits that definition beautifully. In fairness the tedium may be outweighed by the tenacity of Topor in finishing this exercise in excellent writing. However, he does so at the expense of the reader. Miss pages 554 through 557 and you have missed the entire ending. Plus the prelude TO the ending. It comes not so much as a shock as a relief. Codicil is a book designed as a sure cure for the terminal insomniac.
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