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Kerry
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I actually read this when it first came out. I cannot remember the date.

Strange book....thought the beginning was brilliant....it got bogged down in the middle ...and then an excellent finale. It hasn't been that long since I read Infinite Jest, which has a lot of similarities with this novel...and had to deal with the similar endless footnotes and exhibits...which at first are fun...and then become tedious. I do think the work could be more enjoyable if it were shortened.
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