Markovits always offers a high level of both craft and insight, and I started out thinking this was going to be a book to keep. Great writing, no doubt. But the more complex psychology gives way to lots of sweating and crying and obsessing about sex, and most of the characters are generally unlikable. I couldn't imagine choosing to spend time with them again, so ... into the "donate" pile. I will eventually have to make a decision on whether to also keep Markovits' Lord Byron trilogy.

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