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Am I the only person who struggled with The Famished Road? The reviews were so glittering but I couldn't read more than a page without wondering if it was going to be over yet. No plot etc. Anyone got anything to inspire me to carry on with it?

Niraj 123 Just seen you posted this comment 5 years back, so you have probably finished it by now! ... but if you just had to put it down because you couldn't t…moreJust seen you posted this comment 5 years back, so you have probably finished it by now! ... but if you just had to put it down because you couldn't take the Groundhog Day feel of the whole novel, I'd say plough on because Okri does write some glittering prose later on into the novel and finally some sort of a message/shaft of light breaks through towards the end of the novel. But I sympathise - it was a tough read for me, and Okri's editor should have really stepped in and brutally cut stuff out and cut the whole thing down! (less)

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Doe it include Christian allusions?