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★★☆☆☆
Kindle edition is full of sloppy mistakes
My two stars have nothing to do with the content of this novel, which is probably the most important American work of fiction of the second half of the twentieth century. Others praise it cogently, so I refer readers to their reviews. But the Kindle edition is full of inexcusable mistakes. I'm around 150 pages into it and have already found too many. The most egregious so far appears on page 154 (location 2723), where Guitar says to Milkman, "I suppose you know that white people from time to time, and most folks shake their heads and say, 'Eh, eh, eh, ain't that a shame?'" Well, as it turns out, the sentence ought to read "I suppose you know that white people KILL BLACK PEOPLE from time to time. . . ." (my emphasis). This kind of sloppiness is inexcusable. I wouldn't buy this edition until you learn that it's been corrected. How you're supposed to know so is perhaps murky. Just buy the print edition.
May 2015 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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Song of Solomon (Vintage International)
4.6★ · 4,896 ratings, as of 2023
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