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Exceptional!!! By far the best fiction novel by WJM I've read (my fourth) - a depature in plot/style - Mr. Mann creates an amazing world transversing over 20 years - and yet, switches between the decades in such a way that each decade could stand on it's own; I LOVED this novel, in many ways seeing myself, especially dealing with aging, past and present. The last 100 pages will is a roller-coaster ride of emotions as the protagonist, Danny, must look more inward, blaming less of those around him
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Feb 09, 2012
Dolphe
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Having read a couple of Mann's earlier works, I expected a novel filled with interesting characters, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a story which moves light years beyond those. "Object of Desire" bombards us with a series of well aimed emotions which the reader is powerless to ignore. I realize that may be only a personal revelation, but the issues which propel this novel are universal enough to speak to a volume of life histories. Insecurities, guilt, boredom, aging and a number of oth
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Aug 27, 2010
Vince Liaguno
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