Laura H. reviewed on 5/14/2010 + 15 more book reviews

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Not what I expected at all from reading the tagline on the back of the book, but well-written. Ralph Truitt is wealthy beyond imagination, but completely devoid of love. He lives in rural Wisconsin which apparently is filled with insanity, suicide and murder. He advertises for a reliable wife and chooses Catherine. As it turns out they each have their own agenda for this marriage. Many plot twists and turns. One interesting note on his writing style - it's unlike most fiction written today, it's almost a Russian literary style. The narrator moves from one character point-of-view to another from paragraph to paragraph, the true omniscient narrator which is so rarely done these days and so rarely well pulled-off as Goolrick does. Well done.

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