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I was left wondering how I decide when a book is worth 5 stars. Good prose, check. Good characterization, check with a quibble. And it is this quibble that has me trying to make up my mind. Flory has a purple birthmark on one side of his face. He knows he is ugly, disfigured - he has known since he was a boy in public school. It seems not to have affected his self-confidence except with women. It becomes supremely important here because, of course, there is a woman. But I began to tire of hearin
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What a depressing book. Being an Englishman enforcing British rule in Burma is a dreary, painful, soul-crushing existence. Our 'hero', Mr. Flory is quite dismayed with his lot in life, finding his only pleasure in his chats with an educated Burman named Dr. Veraswami. Unfortunately, a local conniving pulchritudinous evil power-grubbing type, U Po Kyin has it out for Veraswami, and Flory along with him. Flory's lot in life seems to be looking up when young Elizabeth comes to stay with her aunt an
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