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Aug 02, 2010
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More cohesive than The Acrobats, but the characters are somewhat vague and insubstantial. I'd say particularly the women, but really, I think the men are pretty fragmentary too. They all seem more like pawns the author is moving around than real people to me. None of them were very likeable (except Panofsky and maybe Theo). I did like the descriptions of Montreal and the seasons.
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