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Not his best work, but by no means his worst either. The plot is really a thin disguise for a moral commentary which is similar to some of his other books.
The major quibble I had with this book was one of the characters, Fitzhugh, spoke in an incredibly irritating manner which appeared just to be a way for the author to show off the range of his vocabulary, for example he 'perambulates' everywhere instead of walks. Although Fitzhugh was meant to be an academic, some of it just seemed unnecessar ...more
The major quibble I had with this book was one of the characters, Fitzhugh, spoke in an incredibly irritating manner which appeared just to be a way for the author to show off the range of his vocabulary, for example he 'perambulates' everywhere instead of walks. Although Fitzhugh was meant to be an academic, some of it just seemed unnecessar ...more

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