“Having grown up reading "Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective," it really stung to to like this book more. After all, it had so many thing going for it: the casual surrealism of magic realism, archetypal villains, sincere heroes, and a hairpiece factory. But, alas, the total was less than the sum of the parts, and the meandering prose and endless novelty made it feel like a dream: strange, illogical, and easily forgettable. ”
John A wrote this review Saturday, December 1 2007.
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