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Apr 21, 2020
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This is somewhat similar to the superior Brooklyn in its examination of a seemingly affectless character; the point, of course, is that no one is really affectless. The structure was a little too obvious and clunky in this early work, but I was caught by the repressed neediness of Eamon by the end, as well as the beautiful descriptions of the coast and the sea. Rounded up to four stars.
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