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3.5
The writing is wonderful (though I was a little annoyed by the sentences in German, Danish (?) and Latin strewn throughout; I am clearly not sufficiently educated to read this book!) and the main characters - a retired book editor and his wife - are truly alive and three-dimensional. But the irascibility of that editor, Joe Allston, really got to me. The novel is told through his perspective and he is very self-aware, which is a virtue. But his grinding hatred of all things different from The ...more
The writing is wonderful (though I was a little annoyed by the sentences in German, Danish (?) and Latin strewn throughout; I am clearly not sufficiently educated to read this book!) and the main characters - a retired book editor and his wife - are truly alive and three-dimensional. But the irascibility of that editor, Joe Allston, really got to me. The novel is told through his perspective and he is very self-aware, which is a virtue. But his grinding hatred of all things different from The ...more
I wasn't enjoying it much through the first half or so. But as the Denmark portion of the story developed, I became more intrigued. Even the California parts had more color & interest at that point, so it finished strong.
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