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Title: book of illusions
Review: A pretentious plod. Had to finish it for my book club otherwise would have willingly put it to one side. Paul Auster obviously rather fancies himself as he has quite a pompous style. Credibility of the characters and narrative is stretched to the limit over 300 horribly long pages. Some of the narrative is ludicrous and badly written - for instance when Alma pulls the gun on the hero. Up until then I was still hoping for something meaningful to develop and I had half liked Auster's descriptions of the old films but after Alma's appearance it was downhill all the way. Some people seem to write with the hope of a film contract in mind as this is packed with melodrama and ridiculous happenings.
