This installment of William Kennedy's Albany cycle has a more self-consciously literary style, as befits being narrated by an aspiring writer. That leads to some curious flights of fancy. And while the excavation of family secrets is as appealling here as in the other novels, some of the incidents appear rabbit-out-of-a-hat style instead of, more satisfyingly, organically. Overall, this is an excellent depiction of what happens when you have a writer in the family.
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