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Book Review of Reading in the Dark

Reading in the Dark
Reading in the Dark
Author: Seamus Deane
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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A young man grows up in Belfast amid the violence following WWII, and attempts to uncover the secrets within his own family. Slow moving and episodic, the book has no discernible plot until well after the halfway point. There are some nice turns of phrase here, but overall it comes up short.