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Thank you - I agree. The bloated, indulgent novel is exhausting and there is a kind of loss aversion when half-way through, to grit your teeth and heroically continue to the end. Glad to see Midnight's Children mentioned in the comments - one of my favourite novels. I have ordered the Solace novel on your recommendation

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Oh I'm so glad! Please do let me know what you think

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September 28, 2021
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There are some honourable exceptions, but it's a genre someone ought to get busy trying to subvert

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