Atlantic, Little-Brown, 435 pp., $7.50
It is distressing to come to the end of a book that has been written with care and attention and feel such a peevish grudge against it that fair criticism seems impossible to achieve. Perhaps it is best in such a case to try to analyze the grudge rather than the book, so that one's prejudice can be shown openly and subjected to a proper discount by the reader.
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