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5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining
I loved this book. It is probably my favorite Robert Olen Butler book. The book is sort of a cross between Camus "The Stranger" and Hemmingway's "A Farewell To Arms."
Published on September 2, 2000

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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
I bought the book because of the interesting description on the back cover and the note that said the author was the "winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction." This book was dreadful. Thoroughly unsympathetic characters, terrible dialogue, and an unconvincing plot. Sometimes I laughed out loud at the contrived conflicts and plot twists. I felt I should...
Published on July 9, 1998


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5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining, September 2, 2000
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This review is from: Sun Dogs (Paperback)
I loved this book. It is probably my favorite Robert Olen Butler book. The book is sort of a cross between Camus "The Stranger" and Hemmingway's "A Farewell To Arms."
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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, July 9, 1998
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This review is from: Sun Dogs (Paperback)
I bought the book because of the interesting description on the back cover and the note that said the author was the "winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction." This book was dreadful. Thoroughly unsympathetic characters, terrible dialogue, and an unconvincing plot. Sometimes I laughed out loud at the contrived conflicts and plot twists. I felt I should finish the book just to make sure it was really that bad. It was. Please don't waste your time reading this dud.
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