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WTF
So, what do we have here? We have Franzen writing a satire about a dysfunctional family daring his pretentious literary readers and pointy head critics to take it seriously. He’s making fun of you! And while suggesting this is just part of a trilogy no less. The book is nothing more than pages of mindless manic musings about goodness and religion. So what else is new. It isn’t even funny. Shame on the critics.
