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Bliss

Peter Carey

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Apr 19, 2015 Jenny rated it liked it

It's easy to see why Carey went on to win awards. His writing is very literary, which is both this book's strength and weakness: Too many times the clever writing took centre stage, blitzing the story. I liked this story, liked these characters, but tired of the long-winded introspection and description about halfway in. (The last quarter of the book I merely skimmed to see how it ended.) Don't get me wrong, I enjoy clever, wity writing, but it should never be the star. ...more

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