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Would this book be interesting for a non-Christian? How serious are the religious undertones?

Duncan Mandel I'm staunchly against religion and feel that it's massively negative and destructive force in the world. But I LOVED this book. Just as in real life t…moreI'm staunchly against religion and feel that it's massively negative and destructive force in the world. But I LOVED this book. Just as in real life there are religious people who are wonderful and religious people who are terrible. I LOVED the two main characters. It didn't covert me to christianity one bit. I'm not suddenly in awe of a divine supernatural fantasy as many people are, but I am completely in awe of John Irving's mastery of the art of the novel.(less)

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