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  <title>Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries)</title>
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  <name>Joseph O'Neill</name>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel meanders and jumps through time, which was confusing at times, but I really like O'Neill's writing style. He's prone, perhaps, to a few too many epiphanies per page, but overall the novel has a quiet style. But what is this novel about? I'm hard pressed to say, though I might say, first, cricket, then immigration, and also relationships. It's been called a post-9/11 novel (how ironic that I finished it on 9/11), but I don't think it focuses on that. It just happens to be set then. 9/11 doesn't seem crucial to the &quot;plot&quot; of the novel, though it does provide a reason that the narrator's relationship breaks down.<br/>It's a very open-ended novel. But I recommend it. ]]></body>
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