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doriastories's review
2.0
Another reviewer called this novel "playful and plotless", and I can't thank of a more accurate description. And while some readers may legitimately enjoy the discontinuity of Joyce-like prose interspersed with coy historical name-dropping, feverish outbursts, and vague allusions to....what? Wait, where was I?
Anyways, if you love soccer (I mean, really love it), if you re-read "Ulysses" every year, if you've read other novels by Esterhazy and liked them, and if you have a conflicted relationship with your mother, than by all means, read this book. I'm going to leave it at that.
Anyways, if you love soccer (I mean, really love it), if you re-read "Ulysses" every year, if you've read other novels by Esterhazy and liked them, and if you have a conflicted relationship with your mother, than by all means, read this book. I'm going to leave it at that.
meganreadsome's review
2.0
The story is a little self indulging. The author really likes what he has to say, while the reader is left to either hate or love the slow, meandering tale. I didn’t enjoy this, but it wasn’t particularly my kind of story either.
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