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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
4.0

Laugh out loud funny sometimes, dragging at times, clearly an early work of his (although I only read Anathem otherwise). I certainly enjoyed the WW2 era story telling more. He must have had a hell of a time writing the Marine Shaftoe's account -- easily the nuttiest. The more modern storyline is a bit forced, boring, not my favourite.