A really well written novel by Richard Yates. It's ashamed that it has such a lackluster story. I liked the two main characters in the beginning of the book. They remind me of Don Draper and Birdie in the Mad Men TV show. The writer then introduces supporting characters and spends a chapter on each of them. I did not care much for the other characters and found it unnecessary to have a entire chapter with a back story about them. The book turns out to have a really predictable depressing ending. This is the third novel I read that has a depressing ending. I really need to start reading comic books again.
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