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Dec 20, 2014Chapel_Hill_KenMc rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Intriguing first effort, and one that found enormous critical success. For my taste, Harding tries a bit too hard to express the profundity of his subject. The narrative flows between the memories of a father and son, with the common themes of exile, mortality, and loss. His characters never quite manage to tell their tales without some forced narrative prodding that seems too obvious and awkward. Still, an admirable effort.