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Title: Puerile
Review: Sorry to disagree with most everybody writing their reviews but Fitzgerald failed miserably at getting down to the nitty-gritty of the human condition. He reminded me of the clueless politicians we have in Washington debating health care issues or national defense. Like our politicians, Amory was selfish, pompous, obnoxious and what's perhaps even more inexcusable considering his education, a dim-wit. Fitzgerald's vision doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of our daily lives. His characters are terribly vapid, philistines, bourgois to the max. I tell you what, Amory deserved the ass-kicking he received. I only wish I could have got in a few punches on Amory and Fitzgerald. And his entire rap at the end of the book was nauseatingly peurile. The novel was pure bull.
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