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From: Mob reviews Category: ArtBooks Date: 16 September 2007 Time: 09:03 AM Review: I read his second before his first . They are very similar : a russian jewish nebbish from new york goes east to thinly parodied prague or russian republic falls in with gangsters and sort of finds himself . The first is way better . Gary can make you laugh and also suprise with rich language . There is good stuff here only the need to move the plot along spoils the party . Each book begins in glorious absurdity only to end with too much action which thins the comic soup . He should look to bolano for help