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In this case, the plot was slow-moving and a bit confusing. Banville seemed to focus on all the wrong details (lots of descriptions of clothing and things) and skip over what I really wanted to know. Further, the switching between the childhood and adult life of the narrator made my head spin.

But, never one to shun good writing, I give the book three stars because the sentence structure alone earns the book praise!]]>