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Title: Major Disappointment
Review: I enjoyed and was deeply impressed by his other books, especially the first two. He's not afraid of depth of character or complexity or humor. So what went wrong here? It's well written, line my line, but I didn't care a hoot about any of the characters. Good writers know that even if you're creating a shallow character and and even a shallow era he or she should be interesting, have edges, etc. The set-piece: the party near the end is great. The last section felt manipulative. Well, he's still a good writer and I'll surely give his next book a read. As to he Booker's. I haven't read Cloud Atlas, but thought Toibin's "The Master" transcendent. But then, I don't get to vote
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