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Regularly heart-stopping in its perceptiveness.

So far, exceptional.

Beautiful, but slow-going.

A slow start, as I remember This Is Happiness had as well.

And here is Shakespeare at last (The Winter’s Tale, probably aptly).

Townes Van Zandt reference. No Shakespeare references yet (unusual for literary fiction).

Last book of the year. Started out rather unassuming; wasn’t sure why it made it from the Booker longlist to the shortlist. But gradually it’s been getting in more emotionally insightful kicks, and now I can sense some bigger ones coming up.

“Little did he know, back then, that the worth of one’s faith depended not on how solid and strong it was, but on how many times one would lose it and still be able to get it back.”