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A Sport and a Pastime by Reynolds Price, James Salter

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challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book is so highly praised and perhaps in its time that was appropriate. Personally I did not enjoy it. The writing is beautifully atmospheric, but it’s of a style that we don’t see in more recent literature and it’s quite hard to read. 

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