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Title: I read 'The Great Gatsby' too.
Review: While Quinonez deserves props for articulating a vision of Spanish Harlem (and for selling a first novel about it!), he has simply taken every element of 'The Great Gatsby', from plot to use of narrator, to the ending. This, I'm sorry to say, is not original writing. I'm amazed it was published. For an authentic, original take on this subject, I recommend 'Always Running', about the LA barrio. But if you liked this book, perhaps you'll love Quinonez' next novel: it's a tale of a Puerto Rican prince who can't decide whether or not to kill his uncle, who murdered his father.
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