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Title: Just who is the story about?
Review: I don't like this book for the same reason I don't like Ann Rice. In Rice's case, she writes flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks, ad nauseam. In Auster's case, the story starts out about this guy who's just received a letter--oh, but wait, there's something I need to tell you first. Then, 100 pages later, we take up where page 1 started out. Oh--just a minute--there's something else you need to know, too. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz... In the beginning, I thought the story was about the narrator; but, he spends so much time telling Hector Mann's story, that it's very distracting.It's a good story, and Hector Mann is a fascinating person. I really do NOT care for the narrator character at all. But I wish the point-of-view had been more consistent throughout. This book takes a TREMENDOUS amount of patience to get to the end (or even past the midpoint).
