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I'm on page 210 of 328 of The Grand Sophy: A very odd, anti-semitic couple of chapters. Hubert, younger brother, gets himself in debt to Goldhanger and leaves a family heirloom with Goldhanger as collateral. Sophy goes to Goldhanger's business. Goldhanger is dirty, greedy, criminal, cunning, bony-fingered, semitic nose, etc. etc. Spoiler coming up--Sophy gets the ring back from Goldhanger after PULLING A GUN OUT~too much in so many ways. I want to look up the date of this book to see just how recently such out-and-out anti-semiticism was considered acceptable.
Checked: 1950 Also discovered that the Goldhanger chapters are deleted from some newer editions of the book. Rewriting history and cleaning up Heyer's reputation. Awful! |
Follows Sadie and Sam (Mazer) from childhood to mid-thirties when both are feeling old and a bit out of it in the gaming world. Characters are well-rounded, develop throughout the novel in interesting way. Plot is involved but sensible. Not a single, "Oh, come on!" moment. The book could have been faster paced. Odd, since the main topic is video games which are not for their speed of engagement and Gabrielle Zevin clearly knows her video games. Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview. He also has Bosch pick up the book in his novel, Resurrection Walk, as Bosch tails a possible witness to a crime as she moves through a bookstore. Sadie and Sam do not get together at the end, which is good. Marx killed by homophobic nutcase who really wants to kill Sam, but Sam isn't there. Marx is father of Sadie's child.
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