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Jul 20, 2016
PattyMacDotComma
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I'd forgotten about this book. I remember it was well written (well, what would you expect from Peter Carey), but I don't remember being terribly impressed with the story. I'm not a big fan, I'm afraid.
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I liked this book. The characters are all horribly flawed, even ulikeable. I don't think I'd like to share a meal and a bottle of wine with any of them (really only 3 main characters, but even the extras are sort of nasty pieces of work). But somehow I kept wanting to know where their bad choices were going to take them.
A great artist with a bad attitude (only made worse by his divorce and the resulting loss of much of his work in the property settlement) is lumbered with his mentally handicappe ...more
A great artist with a bad attitude (only made worse by his divorce and the resulting loss of much of his work in the property settlement) is lumbered with his mentally handicappe ...more
Oct 29, 2012
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I struggled through this. I put it down to read another book and wasn't eager to pick it up again. I considered not finishing it at all but continued for lack of something else to read at the time. The style of writing is not really my cup of tea - I found it very slow going and at the end wondered if it had been worth persevering with.
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