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I thought that this book was great, especially the main character. I loved the whole voting thing; it was great that what happened in the voting booth remained a bit of mystery. I especially liked how different this novel was, stylistically, from The Zero. My only complaints are that some of the imagery repeated between these novels, which I thought was a bit lazy, and I thought that there wasn't very good balance between the cop and the crook. The play back and forth between those two character
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First class writer- full of twists and impeccable character development!
This was quite a good book. I hated putting it down. Walter's captures that hopeless petty criminal trying to go straight and all the things that go against him. Set against the Reagan-Carter election which does a nice job of contextualizing Vince's plight.
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If anything, this one was better than The Financial Lives of the Poets. I'm really enjoying Jess Walter. Engaging, intelligent writing and an interesting story on top of it. I'm hooked.
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Jess Walter is pure brilliance - top 5 author for me... Laugh out loud funny, tears in your eyes sad... a must read if you like original, crazy clever, quirky, noir portrayals of life...
Sep 29, 2009
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