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"[A]s in his previous [novel], 'Cal,' the region's political troubles serve mostly as a metaphor for the intense familial struggles that beset his characters....Nothing much happens on the surface of this elegiac novel, which is imbued with a continual theme of estrangement. Yet Catherine's memories are described in absorbing detail..., transforming what could feel ponderous into something lyrical and hypnotic."MacLaverty, Bernard is the author of 'Grace Notes', published 1998 under ISBN 9780393318418 and ISBN 0393318419.
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