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I red this immediately after Empire Falls, as it was the choice for my other book club's meeting that month. This took me a while to get into, and ultimately I can't figure out quite how much I liked it. This one is the story of the chair of an English department at a college in rural PA. He's the kind of guy who likes to cause trouble and do wacky things, and the books follows a few days in his life that are extra wacky. If you can suspend your disbelief long enough to allow for a few exception
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Better than the last Russo I read (Nobody's Fool) but not as good as Empire Falls or Bridge of Sighs. I am wondering if I should keep reading his books or just give up.
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