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Title: Don't be fooled
Review: This book is not nearly as smart as it thinks it is. In fact, it's a pretty empty book trying very hard to get you to think it's a smart book. Had to laugh reading all the comparisons to Joyce, Pynchon, etc. There is NOTHING in this book that's remotely "Joycean". The prose is terrible -- clunky and imprecise -- and the "erudition" feels like James Michener-style research.As a story, it's a lot like "The Good Solider" -- all foreshadowing, no actual story. As a scary story, it's a lot like H.P. Lovecraft -- plenty of adjectives telling you how awful, horrible, frightening, etc. everything is, but there's nothing remotely awful, horrible or frightening behind any of it.All in all, a big bore tricked up with typography. Read a genuinely smart book, like The Recognitions, instead.
