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I first read this book 30 years ago, and read it again with a very different perspective. I feel that Ayn Rand is a brilliant writer, one of the very best. However, her characters are emotionally stunted and they lack basic human compassion. I disliked almost all of her characters, which was a shame, because with her writing abilities, I think she could have created a really astounding novel. She must have been a very broken person. She presents Howard Roark as her ideal man and articulates her
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