Yet another overrated read. I do get so tired of American readers continual obsession with "different" cultures creating hype around poorly written fiction. The jumps in narrative, p.o.v., place/time, don't read as experimental but merely sloppy. There isn't a single compelling character here and the continual jumps between p.o.v. - sometimes in mid-paragraph, make it difficult to keep the various characters apart. While I did finish it (at under 200 pages it's a short read) I can't recommend it to anyone. There are a very few (as in two) passages that transcend the dreck and reach something like literary language but they're soon lost in the surrounding mess that is this novel. So disappointing.
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